Salvation Army pulls anti-racism document
after donor blowback
Washington Times,
by
Mark A. Kellner
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
11/30/2021 7:37:16 PM
The Salvation Army said Monday it has withdrawn a discussion guide on racism that was intended for its church members but that an advocacy group claimed was given to donors as a call to “repent” for being White. “If that document is getting in the way of the fulfillment of our mission, The Salvation Army is going to remove it,” Commissioner Kenneth Hodder, the group’s U.S. national commander, told The Washington Times. “Because nothing can be allowed to affect the fulfillment of that critical mission.”
The church group has been flooded by email complaints about repentance requests over its guide “Let’s Talk About Racism,” one critic said.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
curious1 11/30/2021 7:42:35 PM (No. 993208)
Too late. People can see the kinds of Cretans who are in charge, and the 'atmosphere', not to mention who they hire at the corporate office. Get woke, go broke. It's not just an empty phrase.
116 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Iconoclast 11/30/2021 7:43:58 PM (No. 993209)
They’ve always been one of my favorite charities. I’ll have to rethink that.
54 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 11/30/2021 7:43:58 PM (No. 993210)
Too late. That toothpaste ain't goin back in the tube.
101 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 11/30/2021 7:46:01 PM (No. 993211)
Up yours... I don't play with woke chumps.
73 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
6079 Smith, W 11/30/2021 7:46:08 PM (No. 993212)
Isn't their presumption of white people's racism itself racist? Are they that self unaware?
97 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
greyseal 11/30/2021 7:48:25 PM (No. 993213)
Too little, too late. I don't trust anyone anymore on these matters. They'll just bury it and force it on the hapless employees and volunteers.
greyseal
65 people like this.
Can’t unring the bell !
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Northcross 11/30/2021 7:53:36 PM (No. 993220)
Too late. They foolishly bought into malignant Critical Race Theory. The only hope for the Salvation Army is that their top leadership is quickly removed and replaced by true leaders who will return the organization to its core mission. I would love for local chapters to band together and initiate the purge.
78 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
jalo1951 11/30/2021 7:54:32 PM (No. 993221)
You are not sorry you said it you are just sorry you got caught. Repent because I am white? Uh, no. Yes, I am white and my money is green and you will never see any of it again. Looking for another local charity who does not prejudge based on race. Wow, seems to me someone had a dream about that very thing. Bye bye.
89 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
czechlist 11/30/2021 7:57:12 PM (No. 993226)
I grew up with a guy whose parents were the local SA commanders. As my grandmother would say they were "poor as church mice".and I had the highest regard for them. I have donated generously to SA for 50 years because they were non-judgmental and represented ethics and morality . This racial profiling has destroyed my faith in the organization. I will no use their donation for other causes.
They have shown their a s s and it cannot be recovered with apologetic platitudes
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Califedup 11/30/2021 7:58:22 PM (No. 993227)
Nope. Publicly fire all those responsible in positions of authority who kowtowed out of cowardice or willingly went along with this racist communist crap or forget about getting one more red cent from me. Repent you sinners!
51 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 11/30/2021 8:00:19 PM (No. 993229)
The illustrates that many in the SA leadership are not Christian.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
rochow 11/30/2021 8:01:07 PM (No. 993231)
They showed their true colors, and I for one will not change my tune. I guess tons of people felt the way we felt at this site. Give to our injured and sick soldiers, they really 'served'. The Salvation Army is just serving itself, at least that is how I see it. I have seen through them and I am done with them.
49 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
VirtuDawg 11/30/2021 8:06:04 PM (No. 993235)
I think that I’ll withhold my “racist” white money from them this year.
66 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
leonardo 11/30/2021 8:08:43 PM (No. 993238)
Cultural Marxists have inserted their influence into many of our formerly sane institutions. The Salvation Army is no exception and their profuse apology stems from the prospect of their loss of funds by donors repelled by their woke document. If there was not a big donor blowback there woiuld be NO apology.
I won't be giving to the SA again. Betcha I'm not the only one.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
winmag 11/30/2021 8:09:02 PM (No. 993239)
Too little, too late, go woke, go broke.
38 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Safari Man 11/30/2021 8:17:37 PM (No. 993248)
Frauds
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
red1066 11/30/2021 8:19:30 PM (No. 993250)
Who were the numbnuts that decided to insult the majority of their donors with this woke BS? No wonder the donations are down. I'm surprised they've received any donations at all.
38 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
pros7767 11/30/2021 8:20:49 PM (No. 993252)
Printed out numerous copies that they don't want my "racist" money. That will be going in the kettles this year.
I'll make an extra donation to tunnels to towers instead!
31 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
smcchk 11/30/2021 8:24:04 PM (No. 993253)
White people are getting very tired of being accused of racism. How can past discrimination be cured by yet more discrimination? We were all moving along to a post-racial society but that was never the goal apparently.
36 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
BarryNo 11/30/2021 8:35:41 PM (No. 993262)
Too little, too late.
You aligned yourself with Satan? It will indeed be a cold day in Hell before we trust you again. Your actions and words will take DECADES to undo.
I suggest you find yourself other jobs in other businesses. Or better, a penitent's cell in which to reflect on your sins. I suggest the same for the leaders of most of the Christian Churches. Your parishioners are well aware of your 'oh, so private' feelings. It is why the church is so scant in members, these days. You can't hide your feelings or your heresies. they are obvious in every word you utter. Every deed you do. Your platitudes are empty lies and your good deeds serve only to increase your personal power over your fellow human beings.
God walks. He is returning, soon.
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Too Late, Kettle Black. I’m done stuffing a bill in every time I walk by.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Scribelus 11/30/2021 8:46:31 PM (No. 993273)
Fool me once: shame on you.
Fool me twice: shame on me.
There won’t be a third chance.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Kutchk 11/30/2021 8:50:55 PM (No. 993278)
Early on in the Covid shutdowns the state gov offered the churches money to help pay their bills. Praise the Lord our board voted to pass or the state would be trying to write our Bylaws too.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
scottj 11/30/2021 8:55:30 PM (No. 993281)
How stupid can these liberals be? Boycott the Salvation Army. Make them pay for their racism.
31 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
weirdone 11/30/2021 8:58:11 PM (No. 993284)
The almighty dollar wins again!
13 people like this.
Let me add my "too late" to the other postings.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
chumley 11/30/2021 9:03:53 PM (No. 993289)
With all the money I've saved by not donating to these charities anymore, I can buy something nice for Mrs. C this year. Or a new gun. Or a box of bullets. Being charitable to people who hate me just isn't giving me the warm fuzzies. Maybe some of their precious dark people will make up the shortfall.
28 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
Ruthless 11/30/2021 9:10:58 PM (No. 993296)
My monetary contributions will now go to a local animal shelter. Those beautiful creatures could not care less about my skin color. Not ONE MORE PENNY to these racists at the Salvation Army from my wallet!!
28 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
lakerman1 11/30/2021 9:11:29 PM (No. 993297)
As Mr. Wonderful would say, You are dead to me, Salvation Army!
21 people like this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
bad-hair 11/30/2021 9:22:24 PM (No. 993300)
When the "Commissioner" and his fancy pants "Aides" walk out of their fancy offices never to return I will consider putting a buck in the bucket. No more ringing bells for a good 5 years. Until then the Commissioners can stuff it.
12 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
Sarr 11/30/2021 9:43:21 PM (No. 993310)
It jyst so happens that today I decided to clean out a storage unit I was renting fir some wonderful furniture. My duster looked at me a d said we should donate this to Salvation Army. I looked at her and said, “ Salvation Army just ruined a good thing and will get nothing else from me”. She is a strong Christian and just hung her head and said, “Let’s look for a family in need” A little extra work but doable. Salvation Army will be closing shops and they only gave themselves to blame
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Lucky5 11/30/2021 9:44:31 PM (No. 993311)
I am sad about this, but I do not want to support them due to this. We have other charities. How does it come down to this?
12 people like this.
Reply 34 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 11/30/2021 9:45:29 PM (No. 993313)
As others have said, the recantation is too late to reverse the harm they have done. Underlying the "new policy" was a thought-process. This was not spontaneous. The idea that accusing donors of racism (being the most vicious racists themselves), people who have given to the SA out of care, compassion, love, is something that cannot simply be brushed aside.
They have most likely done irreparable harm to this once venerable charity that was known for rolling up the sleeve and getting amongst the neediest (materially, spiritually, physically, addicted, alcoholic and so on). These uncritical thinkers have done the work of the Left which has the mission everywhere to break apart the deepest, strongest religious institutions so that more and more people depend on the State for ALL sustenance, material, spiritual, physical...
Finally, every institution and business, corporation, educational institution, academic field and so on, are under threat by these CRT thugs. It's how to do the final demolishment required for the "Fundamental Transformation" of our great Republic.
17 people like this.
Reply 35 - Posted by:
RussZilla 11/30/2021 9:46:46 PM (No. 993316)
I only give to my church and a missionary friend I know personally.
10 people like this.
Reply 36 - Posted by:
Rama41 11/30/2021 10:00:13 PM (No. 993324)
Tomorrow, when we make our monthly charitable donations, two of the three groups we used to support will each see a 50% increase in the amount they receive. The only way the third one, the Salvation Army, gets its portion back will be after a full-throated denunciation of the anti-racist claptrap now threatening to permanently divide the country.
14 people like this.
Reply 37 - Posted by:
Nashman 11/30/2021 10:11:44 PM (No. 993339)
Sorry. That train has left the station. You’ve shown your colors. Over the years we’ve given thousands of dollars to you. No more. Not a penny. I called our attorney today to remove you from our trust. Get woke, go very broke.
20 people like this.
Reply 38 - Posted by:
coldoc 11/30/2021 10:33:31 PM (No. 993358)
Firing the idiot that dreamed this up might be real smart.
11 people like this.
Reply 39 - Posted by:
MickTurn 11/30/2021 10:35:59 PM (No. 993364)
Hmmm, a bag of crap...on fire at their front door...
9 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
Miceal 11/30/2021 11:05:11 PM (No. 993402)
Too late, we've backed away from them. It's sad as well, thought they were the "go to" folks...
7 people like this.
Reply 41 - Posted by:
SALady 11/30/2021 11:07:39 PM (No. 993404)
Way too little, way too late!!! When you mess up, you admit it, correct it, and do the right thing. You don't make excuses, and you certainly don't tell people that you want money from that they "misunderstood" what you were doing.
Never another penny for these woke idiots!!! I'll make extra payments to my church, since I know what they do with the money and know they stand by Biblical principles, not woke ones!!! Sad that you used to could say that about the SA, but clearly no longer!!!
10 people like this.
Reply 42 - Posted by:
Strike3 11/30/2021 11:09:43 PM (No. 993405)
Passed by my first bell-ringer yesterday and it felt good. Another attempt at wokeness teaches the brutal truth that white people's money is more important than maintaining a false morality lesson. I foresee a lot of big organizations quietly dropping their CRT indoctrination in 2022 as their bottom lines begin to look like a bad night in Vegas.
9 people like this.
Reply 43 - Posted by:
justjana 12/1/2021 1:04:35 AM (No. 993453)
I used to believe that these folks were the real thing…
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Ashley Brenton 12/1/2021 1:06:06 AM (No. 993455)
Try firing whoever came up with the idea. That might impress me.
Whoever it was has suggested its white employees are racists. Or does one apologize in a vacuum?
4 people like this.
Reply 45 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 12/1/2021 1:24:17 AM (No. 993469)
A Democrat Communist high up in the Salvation Army deliberately released this document knowing full well what damage it would do. The local SA has done much good over many decades by helping people of all races and even religions to be self sufficient for themselves and their families. Folks, it is easy to be cynical when something like this happens, but unlike the FBI, the SA is clean and honest from top to bottom. Please continue with your donations. Even good organizations can have malignant spies in high levels.
3 people like this.
Reply 46 - Posted by:
Blue Hen1 12/1/2021 1:29:32 AM (No. 993472)
Go woke, go broke, ask Coke
3 people like this.
Reply 47 - Posted by:
NotaBene 12/1/2021 1:32:58 AM (No. 993473)
Too late for this longtime donor. Enjoy Critical Race Teaching.
5 people like this.
Reply 48 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 12/1/2021 1:44:39 AM (No. 993479)
They are woke and dead to me!
3 people like this.
Reply 49 - Posted by:
pensom2 12/1/2021 2:13:47 AM (No. 993490)
Lights out. Either they meant what they said about CRT, or those in "command" of the Army are too inept to properly watch over the troops and their collection efforts. It's not good enough to say that "we only support CRT for our members--we don't promote it for our donors." You either believe it or you don't. Lights out.
5 people like this.
Reply 50 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 12/1/2021 2:21:10 AM (No. 993497)
Got woke and go broke.
1 person likes this.
Reply 51 - Posted by:
Trigger2 12/1/2021 4:05:36 AM (No. 993524)
They may have pulled it but it'll get reissued after donations stream back in.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 12/1/2021 5:54:26 AM (No. 993563)
Seems like the secular crowd thinks they need to lecture non-secular crowd about how to treat people. In fact, believers know what God thinks - love your neighbor as yourself.
2 people like this.
Reply 53 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 12/1/2021 5:57:23 AM (No. 993568)
They have been caught. No money from me or my family.
3 people like this.
Reply 54 - Posted by:
5 handicap 12/1/2021 6:10:45 AM (No. 993572)
Too damn late; you have shown your true feeling and it's Americanism at best. So, die and go straight to hell, a fate you so richly deserve!
2 people like this.
Reply 55 - Posted by:
5 handicap 12/1/2021 6:14:55 AM (No. 993575)
Edit previous comment that should read ANTI- Americanism
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 12/1/2021 8:07:59 AM (No. 993660)
Been my go to charity for the last thirty years. Once they stick their toe into the crt cesspool I am done with them. They are pulling back only because they are losing donors and they should. It is too late for that. They have shown us who they are and I am done with them. Nothing they do will bring me back.
6 people like this.
Reply 57 - Posted by:
walcb 12/1/2021 8:19:35 AM (No. 993671)
I don't get out much, so just wondering, has this story been covered elsewhere beside this site and Washington Times? Didn't see it on Bongino or heard it on Fox News--might have missed it though. Obviously people who see it are infuriated but curious as to how widespread the story is.
4 people like this.
Reply 58 - Posted by:
hisself 12/1/2021 8:45:59 AM (No. 993701)
OK! Let's talk about racism:
Black teen girls slapping Orthodox Jewish children.
Black teens beating Asians.
Blacks looting stores.
Blacks rioting and burning - anyone remember Harlem and Newark in the 60's?
Who beat Reginald Denny?
Now, tell me again who are the racists?
8 people like this.
Reply 59 - Posted by:
ivehadit 12/1/2021 8:46:06 AM (No. 993702)
A new organization MUST be formed ASAP that espouses the original S.A. principles. Otherwise the commu ists get a double win- infiltration of CRT and then total destruction by our own hands of a once great American icon.
They constantly create double binds-a lose/lose situation. It is their major M.O.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
keep_right 12/1/2021 9:27:14 AM (No. 993754)
There must be accountability for publishing the guide in the first place. We can be thankful that this came out as a revelation of misguided leadership in the organization. People are not foolish enough to be satisfied with the removal of the objectionable material.
4 people like this.
Reply 61 - Posted by:
udanja99 12/1/2021 9:56:16 AM (No. 993792)
Good luck with that.
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 12/1/2021 10:00:13 AM (No. 993797)
SA the once great charity decides to fight racism with more racism embracing CRT. My color offends the SA, "Let's talk about racism", "Repent for being white". I stay home with my wife and don't think at all about races so why should I give to a charity that hates my skin color they apparently don't need it. The SA should go to the exalted 'darkies' they support for the charity while they will lose their staunch supporters, white people. Ring the bell over an empty red bucket this holiday season. The moment that it was decided to support a dangerous, racist doctrine the choice was a bad one. Enjoy your new path while good Christians walk away possibly never to return apology not accepted 'once burnt twice shy' for me.
4 people like this.
Reply 63 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 12/1/2021 11:55:16 AM (No. 993946)
Looks like I won't be dropping bills into their kettles this year. I don't support people who assume without meeting me that I'm a racist.
1 person likes this.
Reply 64 - Posted by:
JackBurton 12/1/2021 1:43:31 PM (No. 994054)
Just checked. Thought I might download the document from a link I had when it was first reported and the link is gone. Access Denied.
They've scrubbed access. Got an archived copy here in a Daily Wire article (second link) https://www.dailywire.com/news/salvation-army-withdraws-anti-white-lets-talk-about-racism-guide-after-uproar
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Comments:
"Whoops, we got caught!" Can they unring that bell?