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.
That document references this group.
https://www.socialworkers.org/Advocacy/Social-Justice/Social-Justice-Priorities
Is that the political agenda of the Salvation Army?
But no more. And I'll let the volunteer kettle tender know.
LGB FJB
They have done a lot of good. No doubt helped some low income families and very likely minorities. They have paid their penance. Just shut up and continue doing what you do.
I will never, ever donate to this charity again - and will advise my entire family no to do so either.
Why support an anti-White organization that supports your enemies?
“It asserts Christianity is institutionally racist ...”
So now they are claiming that Jesus’s followers are racist. Does that mean Jesus is racist? Where will it end?
We just have to be careful selling “looseys”...
How many hours of Sunday school instruction has the average American child enjoyed upon reaching age 18? And to how many hours of "white photography and imagery" was he subjected during that time?
Compare that with the thousands of hours of totally skewed racial imagery to which the typical child will be subjected through t.v. commercials (Black husbands with White spouses, etc.).
Regards,
SA cut their own throat as far as I’m concerned. I WAS a monthly donor. Was.
That money will go elsewhere, like the USO.
Well, they’ve gotten the last “coin” from me . . .
Well buh bye...no white earned $$ for you
Yep! I wouldn’t want to soil their immortal souls with my filthy, white-man earned money!
No more red kettle donations for me. This country is NOT racist, it’s the most generous country on earth filled with good hearted people.
I always donated around $20 a day between Christmas and New Year. I guess Samaritan’s Purse will make better use of it.
Insulting, and now I wii NOT be making a donation this year, or any year forward.
Goodbye Salvation Army
God will be colorblind when you stand before him.
Best not listen to the race demons .
I’ll make sure to pitch slugs into the pot.
Thanks for the article.
Funny I’ve never given money to these ASSHOLES for more than 10 years. Something was off. Now my spidey sense is vindicated.
I was raised on the words of MLK. In my childhood I was taught to keep my natural born colorblindness. I was raised in LA and exposed to many cultures and races. My grandmother , white, raised in the south, once asked me, age 9 or so, after some driver cut her off on the road, “Did you see the driver??”
I said yes.
She then asked “Was he black or white????” I responded that I didn’t remember. She completely flipped out. She tried to find out what race he was but it didn’t stick with me. That was when I first noticed people seemed to care about this stuff.
I raised my kids this way too. I believe we would be a happier nation if we went MLK on this and attempted colorblindness. Focus on our similarities and not our differences. Your BEHAVIOR alone should determine how well you are treated.
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