In the interest of fairness and balance, I delved into the recent claims about the Salvation Army and their purported statements about white privilege and race. Here is their full response:
The Salvation Army's Response to False Claims on the Topic of Racism
Nov 25, 2021
As the country celebrates Thanksgiving today, it is a welcome reminder of the things we are grateful for—and for the power of service on behalf of those who are less fortunate.
The Salvation Army mission statement clearly outlines our service: to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. That service, and our beliefs, are based solely on the Bible and that has not, and will not, change.
Though we remain committed to serving everyone in need—regardless of their beliefs, their backgrounds, or their lifestyle—recently some individuals and groups have attempted to mislabel our organization to serve their own agenda(s). They have made outrageous claims that we believe our donors should apologize for their own racism, that The Salvation Army believes America is an inherently racist society, and that our organization has abandoned its beliefs for one ideology or another. In fact, an online petition is asking supporters to “stand against the insertion of politically charged racial ideologies into The Salvation Army’s good work.”
Those claims are false, and they distort the very goal of our work.
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. These beliefs are important because we know that racism exists, and we are therefore determined to do everything the Bible asks us to do to overcome it.
The Salvation Army has occasionally published study guides on various complex topics, including race, to help foster positive conversations and reflection among Salvationists. 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 very purpose of conversation is to share differing points of view and to hear from people with different experiences. Discussion is not indoctrination. It’s what reasonable people do. It’s how we learn and we grow. Thankfully, not everyone thinks the same way – it’s what makes us unique in the eyes of our Creator. Yet some have taken the fact that we have invited such conversations about race among our members as an opportunity to push their own agenda. In doing so, they have sought to shut down conversation, not foster it.
We at The Salvation Army remain undeterred in our mission because we are confident in the power of the gospel, and because millions of vulnerable Americans need our help. We remain deeply grateful for the support of a generous public—people from all walks of life and from all parts of the country—who help us meet human need wherever it exists. Ours is a message of love, even for those who disagree or attack us. That is the model set by Christ that we strive to follow every day. God bless you, and happy Thanksgiving.
EDIT & UPDATE: Digging further, I found that the SA also has this statement on race at their website, in PDF form:
In the original post's link, there's another link that leads to a PDF (https://s3.amazonaws.com/cache.salvationarmy.org/e0c074e3-39db-4b09-a6ea-aa5bdb6ecaa6_Let%2527s%2520Talk%2520About...%2520Racism%2520COMPLETE%2520SET.pdf) from the Salvation Army titled "Let's Talk About Racism" and on page 3 there's this:
• Move from the flawed human idea of race and culture into God’s design and purpose for us to live as a unified, diverse and equitable people.
• Lament, repent and apologize for biases or racist ideologies held and actions committed.
Their true colors are finally coming out. SA has been a trash organization for decades, nothing more than the mafia in different colors.
They blew it. No more donations ever. So sick of this woke shit. Bottom line is that the majority of people who donate to charities are WHITE. The majority of people who volunteer are WHITE. So suck on that SA.
I read the report. I don’t see where it says white people should apologise but the tenets of CRT are throughout the report. For example, the CRT beliefs that race is a social construct, that there are no biological differences between the races, that the dominant race of the country are unaware of their unconscious racism, these statements are linked with references such as dangers of ‘aryan supremacy’, talks about the dominant ethnicity perpetuating injustice by having privileges, empowerment and benefits, references slavery using only white on black. These are all tenets of CRT.
It doesn’t specifically say white people must apologise, although absolutely it’s implied throughout the document.
This is called Tap Dancing.
Nice try but unless someone other than SA put out that first statement, they are lying, just flat out telling us we didn't read what we read. These people jumped the shark and they know it. They are done as a charity organization because they have outed themselves as having a political agenda. I'm not buying it and will never support them again.
See the EDIT & UPDATE at the bottom of my original post. Seems they have a PDF on their website that pretty much spews CRT shit.
The deleted the PDF. They pretty much claim that we are incapable of reading and understanding what they actually wrote.
Damn it only took me getting to section one of the their “guide” to find the reverse racism CRT bullshit. You’re right banjo man, the statement from Salvation Army is them covering up their political beliefs. SA is dead to me
What color and symbol did the un-Salvation Army choose? That's all you need to know about this org.
It's all sheep fodder when you actually read some of their handouts. They expressly have a distaste for the Jewish people, evident in this publication:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/.../456ab604-ccb8-430e-af65
... page 7 --Scripture records that the people of Israel were chosen because of their insignificance,
... page 10 -- 2. How might the idea of the Hebrew people as ‘chosen’ be misinterpreted to mean ‘superior’ – for both the original Jewish culture, and as a subsequent racist ideology?
I am searching for the pamphlet in discussion in this thread but, for the record, it appears to have been thoroughly scrubbed. If I find a cached copy I will share it in a new post.
Salvation Army has removed "Let's Talk About Racism" from their website to hide what it says. It contains misrepresentations and outright lies. I would leave my church if it produced something like this.
Here's just one example of misrepresentation. They imply that Pachomius was black just because he was born in Africa. Actually he was born in Egypt and wasn't black.
Here's just one example of a lie. They say that white churches didn't allow black people to attend. I know for a fact that a church I once was a member of allowed black people to attend well before the Civil War. My current church has black members today.
I don't have anything to apologize for. I will continue not giving them a solitary penny.
A tenet of communism:
Make the people lose faith in their most trusted traditions and institutions:
Political figures, check The church, check. Boy scouts, Girl Scouts, check. Professional sports, check. Education system, check. Voting system, elections, check. Celebrities, check. Health system, doctors, nurses, check. Retail establishments, boycotts, etc. Check. Family, friends, ie vaccine status, check. The list goes on...and now we are going after the Salvation Army?
Keep falling in line people...pretty soon there will be no one left to denigrate. The only ones looking good right now are the lawyers!
Oh wait, let's include Lin Wood on the list too. He seems to be the flavor of the month. God does not like others bearing false witness against His people. There will be judgement.
Now that's an interesting comment. Do you have an answer to that based on anything factual or are you just asking.
Wrong, it has been interpreted as slanty eyes, Xi.