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.
Unfortunately it is not BS. I downloaded the guide before the links were scrubbed.
ESAD.
No more money.....
I hereby apologize for never being racist.
I was wrong. I will seek to make amends.
/s
They should consider that the left does not donate much to charity.
If I have blue eyes where do I fit on the leftist racism scale? What is next?
Not sure but one should start in the HR department. Once you control hiring you will eventually control the organization and we are decades behind.
I have a rule: never donate to a charity that insults me
white people ended slavery.
nuff said
Looks like the Salvation Army has surrendered to the enemy without a fight.
I used to contribute a couple bucks each time I passed this time of year. No more.
Regular Salvation Army contributor here, but no more. The SA is dead to me.
They can take that annoying little dingy bell and shove it up their libtard butts 🤪
Ha ha....first they denied, now they’re defending. Must mean We the People are winning, on this.
How especially rich.
LOVE that!! Thanks for posting.
Will be on the lookout for a kettle to offer this ‘tip’.
They scrubbed one guide—but they have another one they haven’t scrubbed yet:
This is gonna be like whack a mole with these woke zombies.
They still have an International Justice Commission, right?
Get rid of that and we can have a discussion about money.
Good analysis—you just need to add one step—the leftist woke zombies always try to deny deny deny, then lie lie lie about what they have done and what they are doing.
Salvation Army is trying to squeeze the anti-white racist toothpaste back in the tube....
Too late.
thanks for the convenient little protest form, that I will slip in the red kettle.
The sad thing is that this is not Soviet Russia, North Korea or Red China. These people willingly accepted this insane racist bunkum.
Eff em. Not one more nickel.
“The Salvation Army argued the new guide was meant to encourage discussion about racism among members of the Salvation Army”
...why encourage discussion about racism?! It only leads to racism. Against whites.
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