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.
Over the weekend there was a story that they denied ever doing this.
I had a couple-year stint of working at a Salvation Army Corps. Multi-ethnic, multi-lingual.
Some of the Black employees were the kindest and friendliest you could ever want to meet. Others were downright nasty and spiteful.
Same way with the Hispanics. Most gracious, a few otherwise.
I’d say based on that experience that the “minorities” were most in need of “anti-racist” training.
This is deliberate.
They destroyed the SA because of the good work it did. It creates one more wound for the Woke to infect.
The best thing to do would be to actually read the guide rather than relying on reporters. However the links to it appear to have been scrubbed.
Well....bye.
The have an “International Social Justice Commission”?
Well there you go.
I would hope this is BS. They are one of the few charities without a multi-million-dollar board to pay. I give generously. If true, that bell ringer can cram that bell up his rump.
“These guides are solely designed for internal use. No one is being told how to think. Period.”
Ok. Internal use.
By their fruits we will know them.
We will see what fruits.
If any organization creates a “social justice” anything; they are gone.
A Christian denomination that does this, has effectively replaced the Gospel with a false message and are leading their people into hell.
Another story denied it....
They’d better work hard on the retraction or clarification.
Until then, not one penny to them from me.
“apologize for being white” is racist to its core. And how does one apologize for something they did not do?
Eff the Salvation Army...
Almost all manifestations of Racism in America do not emanate from Whites or Asians. That is a fact. That is the plain truth.
Whites do not attack Asians in "the knockout game". Asians do not attack Blacks in "the knockout game".
I have done two things. 1) Sent an email to my local Salvation Army asking them to comment. And, 2) Refused to send my usual donation to them, but used their return envelope to send an explanation of why I wasn’t sending my usual donation.
I refuse to apologize for living while white.
Fill their stupid kettle’s with notes calling them out for being non-white bigots.
A white guy didn’t just run over a bunch of black people during a Christmas Day parade
“ The Salvation Army argued the new guide was meant to encourage discussion about racism among members of the Salvation Army.”
Why? So you can feel better? Pathetic.
We will no longer be donating until they repent for this insanity.
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