Salvation Army wants white donors to offer a "sincere apology" for their racism

[240B]

No more White Santas! From now on Santa can only be Black, Mexican, or Transgender.
Good Luck on finding enough of their beloved 'persecuted minorities' to ring the bell this year.
In my life experience, 90+ bell ringers were White.

[EdinVA]

Salvation Army Withdraws Controversial Guide, Which Urged Donors to ‘Repent’ for Racism

The Salvation Army’s International Social Justice Commission has withdrawn a controversial guidance on race, which urged donors to offer a “sincere apology” and ask for forgiveness for white supremacy and white-dominated culture after its contents went viral. However, despite originally issuing the guidance, which urged donors to “lament, repent and apologize for biases or racist ideologies held and actions committed,” the charitable organization denies the word-for-word reports on the contents of the guide, describing them as “simply false.”

Hannah Bleau29 Nov 2021, 12:48 PM PST

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/29/salvation-army-withdraws-controversial-guide-urged-donors-repent-racism/

To late..... They dropped the curtain for all to see..

[LegalAmerican]

No more White Santas! From now on Santa can only be Black, Mexican, or Transgender.
Good Luck on finding enough of their beloved 'persecuted minorities' to ring the bell this year.
In my life experience, 90+ bell ringers were White.

lol. Most of them...don't do volunteer work.

[Hoodat]

The link to the pamphlet has finally been removed from their website, but the cover is still there.



It stayed out there for seven months.

[Wingnut]

lol. Most of them...don't do volunteer work.

Racist much?  Oh nevermind you are a resident furry foreigner racist who claims to be an American.

[LegalAmerican]

Racist much?  Oh nevermind you are a resident furry foreigner racist who claims to be an American.

lol. Truth telling is not RACIST.  240B JUST SAID 90% + are white volunteers. I just agreed.  I am a legal immigrant, who is A NATURALIZED CITIZEN.  AMERICAN. LEGAL AMERICAN. Pick on 240B. Correction...."You are being racist." is about WINGNUT, NOT 240B


No more White Santas! From now on Santa can only be Black, Mexican, or Transgender.
Good Luck on finding enough of their beloved 'persecuted minorities' to ring the bell this year.
In my life experience, 90+ bell ringers were White.=240B

[Wingnut]

lol. Truth telling is not RACIST.  240B JUST SAID 90% + are white volunteers. I just agreed.  I am a legal immigrant, who is A NATURALIZED CITIZEN.  AMERICAN. LEGAL AMERICAN. Pick on 240B. You are being racist.

You weren't fully vetted.  How did you slip thru.   

[240B]

My comment was not specifically about race, it was based on my own personal life experience.
I honestly, "telling the truth" cannot remember ever seeing a Black person ringing the bell at Christmas time.
If that is 'racist' then so be it. It is the truth. That is just how it was for me growing up.

[mountaineer]

It's pretty common for bellringers to be paid, nowadays.

[LegalAmerican]

My comment was not specifically about race, it was based on my own personal life experience.
I honestly, "telling the truth" cannot remember ever seeing a Black person ringing the bell at Christmas time.
If that is 'racist' then so be it. It is the truth. That is just how it was for me growing up.

 

[LMAO]

lol. Most of them...don't do volunteer work.

Evidence?

I seen plenty of black  bell ringers in my time.

I’ve seen plenty of both black and Native American people volunteer their time at food shelves and soup kitchens

[LMAO]

Racist much?  Oh nevermind you are a resident furry foreigner racist who claims to be an American.

The race card has been overly used over the years but in LA’s case it is applicable

[catfish1957]

The race card has been overly used over the years but in LA’s case it is applicable

Honestly, almost nothing this person says is defendable.  She's an embarassment.

[Mod2]

Please stay on topic, which isn't other members.

[AllThatJazzZ]

It's surprising to me that there are those who never see people of color ringing the bell. Maybe they're from one of those mostly white states, so there are mostly only whites to fill those positions.  On the Texas Gulf Coast, we have people of all flavors manning the kettle. I find myself wondering if they know what has happened within their organization and how they feel about it once they understand what the upper echelon has set in motion.

[Hoodat]

I have only noticed the color of the bell, not the color of the person ringing it.  It's the bell that get's a person's attention.

[Bigun]

I have only noticed the color of the bell, not the color of the person ringing it.  It's the bell that get's a person's attention.

I know that I have never paid the slightest bit of attention to the person ringing the bell.

[Polly Ticks]

I have only noticed the color of the bell, not the color of the person ringing it.  It's the bell that get's a person's attention.

Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing.  I donated twice this past weekend (grrrrr!) and I couldn't tell you what color either person was. 
 

[DefiantMassRINO]

Are they afraid that whites would be less likely to make a donation if the bellringer was a minority?

Is that their unconscious bias or mine?

[DefiantMassRINO]

I want the Salvation Army to apologize to me, and to return my donations ... with compounded interest.

[mountaineer]

Come on, who cares about the skin tone of the bell ringer? Many of them are paid, some are volunteers, but I suspect they represent the demographics, more or less, of the community in which the kettle is located.

The real issue is what Salvation Army is doing with the donations - and it seems to have way too little to do with William Booth's original goal and too much to do with faux social justice and demonizing a particular group of people. That's what I no longer will support.

[Bigun]

Come on, who cares about the skin tone of the bell ringer? Many of them are paid, some are volunteers, but I suspect they represent the demographics, more or less, of the community in which the kettle is located.

The real issue is what Salvation Army is doing with the donations - and it seems to have way too little to do with William Booth's original goal and too much to do with faux social justice and demonizing a particular group of people. That's what I no longer will support.

  Agree 100% and for a long time SA was the most efficiently run charitable organization out there. More donor money got to people in need than any of them. 

[Polly Ticks]

Come on, who cares about the skin tone of the bell ringer? Many of them are paid, some are volunteers, but I suspect they represent the demographics, more or less, of the community in which the kettle is located.

The real issue is what Salvation Army is doing with the donations - and it seems to have way too little to do with William Booth's original goal and too much to do with faux social justice and demonizing a particular group of people. That's what I no longer will support.

 
Couldn't agree more.

[LMAO]

This is why I give to local charities. Our church has a food shelf I give to. I also donate to the local speech clinic where my autistic son went when he was younger. There’s also a woman I work with who is part of a local charity that works with mothers whose newborns are born premature. Oh and also my local toys for tots drive


Never given  to the Salvation Army and I guess now I have more of a reason not to. The worst thing for charities to do is delve into politics. Just be a charitable organization. Why is that so difficult?

[sneakypete]

Salvation Army Withdraws Controversial Guide, Which Urged Donors to ‘Repent’ for Racism

@EdinVA

That was awful white of them.