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Posted on 11/29/2021 9:21:34 AM PST by Schatze
The Salvation Army recently defended an internal racism guide that discouraged "colorblindness" and encouraged staff members to "apologize for being white" after the guide faced backlash.
The Salvation Army argued the new guide was meant to encourage discussion about racism among members of the Salvation Army. The organization denied attempting to indoctrinate or tell its donors what to think, reminding people that the guide was meant for internal use.
"The Salvation Army has occasionally published study guides on various complex topics, including race, to help foster positive conversations and reflection among Salvationists," the Thursday statement said. "The hope is that by openly discussing these issues, we can encourage a more thoughtful organization that is better positioned to serve those in need. These guides are solely designed for internal use. No one is being told how to think. Period."
The group also denied suggesting the U.S. is inherently racist and said it did not tell people to apologize for "being white."
"Those claims are false, and they distort the very goal of our work," the Salvation Army wrote in the statement. "The truth is that The Salvation Army believes that racism is fundamentally incompatible with Christianity, and we are called to work toward a world where all people are loved, accepted, and valued. Our positional statement on racism makes this clear."
The Salvation Army Color Us United organization, which advocates for uniting the U.S. rather than separating it by color, recently put out a petition condemning the Salvation Army's racism guide.
"Anti-racism, being one perspective among many (and one that rejects other approaches) consequently invalidates any other view of race," the petition said. "By proxy, we believe The Salvation Army has nullified any other avenue of exploring the very complex issue of race."
The guide, "Let's Talk About Racism," created by the Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission and released earlier this year, recommended white people within the charitable organization "lament, repent and apologize for biases or racist ideologies held and actions committed." It also told people to stop being "color blind" because it would allegedly ignore the things that God intended to be different among cultures.
Walmart, in a similar manner, has trained employees in critical race theory, which argues U.S. institutions are inherently racist, and even government entities, such as branches of the U.S. military, have allegedly used the theory in training.
“The Salvation Army recently defended an internal racism guide that discouraged “colorblindness” and encouraged staff members to “apologize for being white” after the guide faced backlash.”
Interesting timing as we get close to year-end donations.
These kind of statements will motivate those on the left and de-motivate those on the right. Perhaps they calculated the end result is in their favor ...
or maybe they just don’t care.
It is over for the SA to me.
Pretty sad but I won’t be lectured to on this subject.
I am white and have done nothing wrong that I need to apologize for.
It only takes one to get the ball rolling. When are we going to start using their tactics against them?
That’s like saying all horridly fat black women wear dresses that don’t complement their figures.
That is From the
actual SALVATION ARMY!?!
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That’s Beyond “WOKE!”
Bad timing on their part as I was redrafting my will. Guess which organization is now removed. They can go woke on their own.
This means they are hearing about their racism and worrying already.
I got an answer from them and could tell it was weasel words from the little piece visible. Deleted without reading.
It will be interesting to see how much SA's donations go down this year.
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Yogafist quoted it correctly,,,
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That’s hideous after
BARRY Sotereos’ pResidency.
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RIP Salvation Army.
Target will probably be welcoming them back because of this.
I will have to steal that.
At this point, there should be an assumption that all historical Western institutions have been corrupted. If there were any righteous old institutions still left, modern American society would not be the cesspool of decadence and corruption that it has become.
The only organizations that are doing any righteous work are relatively new and low budget.....like Free Republic.
SA is off my donation list.
Thank you for your post. I downloaded a PDF of the original file. I can provide a copy if needed.
The sources for their “Social Justice” outreach include the likes of Ibram X. Kendi...a pre-eminent black racist who wrote a book on “Antiracism.” I’m very sad to say I’m done with them. Will redeploy donations to our local, very conservative and independent church, where they will do some real good.
Shalom Anyway!
So...a Christian organization such as the Salvation Army is telling its members to apologize for the color of their skin that the Lord created them with.
The Salvation Army got caught promoting a racist Marxist ideology, and are now making things worse by lying about it. I will never again give them a single penny.
There has been little to no racism amongst most whites by far in America, for some time.
The left has made sure to erase and rewrite American History, to universally teach, and absolutely inculcate hate against whites for decades.
It is of paramount importance in the greater Marxist goal to destroy life and liberty, and to subjugate America to the absolute slavery of global socialist governance.
As a result, much higher levels of hatred and racism actually exists as a constant from black and Hispanic demographics.
This entire subject is so absolute stupid.
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