Posted on 11/24/2021 10:13:00 AM PST by TigerClaws
The Salvation Army wants its white donors to give it more than just money this Christmas season. Its leadership is also demanding they apologize for being racist.
It's part of a push by the Christian charitable organization to embrace the ideas of Black Lives Matter, an activist group working to, among other things, "dismantle white privilege" and "disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure."
The Salvation Army's Alexandria-based leadership has created an "International Social Justice Commission" which has developed and released a "resource" to educate its white donors, volunteers and employees called Let's Talk about Racism. It asserts Christianity is institutionally racist, calling for white Christians to repent and offer "a sincere apology" to blacks for being "antagonistic.. to black people or the culture, values and interests of the black community."
"Many have come to believe that we live in a post-racial society, but racism is very real for our brothers and sisters who are refused jobs and housing, denied basic rights and brutalized and oppressed simply because of the color of their skin," one lesson explains. "There is an urgent need for Christians to evaluate racist attitudes and practices in light of our faith, and to live faithfully in today’s world."
In an accompanying Study Guide on Racism, Salvation Army authors explain that all whites are racist, even if they don't realize it.
“The subtle nature of racism is such that people who are not consciously racist easily function with the privileges, empowerment and benefits of the dominant ethnicity, thus unintentionally perpetuating injustice," it says.
"Sunday school curriculum that only uses white photography and imagery" is an example given that perpetuates injustice.
"We must stop denying the existence of individual and systemic/ institutional racism. They exist, and are still at work to keep White Americans in power," the lesson says.
"These systems give privileges to white people"
Let's Talk about Racism pushes arguments identical to those of leading "Critical Race Theory" purveyors Robin DiAngelo and Henry Rogers (a.k.a. Ibram Kendi), whose work is recommended by Salvation Army authors.
DiAngelo and Rogers (Kendi) claim that any observable difference in relative behavior or accomplishment between racial groups is due to the inherent racism of whites, arguing against the traditional American concept of equal opportunity in favor of the Marxist-inspired goal of equality of outcome.
"Structural racism.. is the overarching system of racial bias across institutions and society. These systems give privileges to White people resulting in disadvantages to (blacks)," reads a Salvation Army lesson.
Proponents of "Critical Race Theory" don't believe whites, Asians or Hispanics can avoid being prejudiced against blacks. They want them to demonstrate what they call "anti-racism" in favor of blacks, helping to establish lower standards for them than they do members of other racial groups, or making cash "reparation" payments to blacks as compensation for alleged previous racism.
"Stop trying to be ‘colorblind’. While this might sound helpful, it actually ignores the God-given differences we all possess, as well as the beautiful cultures of our Black and Brown brothers and sisters," Let's Talk about Racism explains. "Instead of trying to be colorblind, try seeing the beauty in our differences, and welcome them into your homes churches and workplaces. Being colorblind also ignores the discrimination our Black and Brown brothers and sisters face and does not allow us to address racism properly."
Founded in 1865 in London, England, the Salvation Army is both a protestant Christian church and an international charitable organization. Its first "red kettle" was set up in Oakland, California in 1891.
National advisory board members include Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones, Chick-Fil-A Foundation President Rodney Bullard and charter school pioneer J.C. Huizenga.
It happened to a Jewish charity that moved to the Washington DC area.
It was a very conservative and Zionist group that became just another racist arm of the Democrat party.
I think they just infiltrate bc that’s who lives there and gets hired.
After about 10 years, the organization is rotten.
just damn...
Im with you, they can kiss my cash goodbye!!!
“Col. Janet Munn, Salvation Army minister and co-director of the organization’s International Social Justice Commission”
I see the issue. First women, biblically, cannot be ministers. Then it goes down hill from there. I will admit I quit giving to them about 7+ years ago. Can’t remember the exact reason but it was social justice type crap back then. Could have been mismanagement also.
“In the USA in addition to the strife between the white and black communities there is also significant tension within the Hispanic community depending on countries of origin, between Chinese and Japanese Americans and between African Americans and Hispanics.”
Disabled American Vets?
At first, I thought this was satire from The Babylon Bee. The Salvation Army will never get another coin from me.
How about a sincere, “Go f*** yourselves”?
Not another dime.
Same here.
Scratch that one.
I’m down to the USO now.
Read the full version that fishtank posted at 101. The study guide isn’t too bad, but the long version is worse.
Yep. I gave a large sum of money each year to them.
Never again. And I will write them too, and tell them why.
This is a joke, right? Salvation Army is supposed to be doing the work of Christ, not of Satan. They can kiss my annual donation to them adios. I will give it, instead, to The Gideons International, who are strong on personal witnessing and the distribution of Bibles and New Testaments worldwide.
Chik fil-A cut them off for donations. Now they are fellating BLM.
Ring your bells all you want... nothing from me.
I am going to verify it. By calling or writing. If true, not a damned penny. Won’t be party to a racist organization.
Wow! FU “Salvation” Army.
You all are being played!
And NOT by the Salvation Army.
If you believe this BS you are being played.
If you’re promoting this BS knowing it’s BS, you are playing us.
Satanically.
Evil has not yet succeeded in their attempt to fully infiltrate and destroy
the Salvation Army, like they did the Boy Scouts and are doing the Catholic
Church. The Salvation Army caught and removed that CRT stuff, it seems.
Before this likely coordinated hit piece even got published.
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