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[–]cottoneyejoe 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I think this is Fake News: https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/story/the-salvation-armys-response-to-false-claims-on-the-topic-of-racism/

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.

[–]Tiwaking[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just to make sure I didnt miss anything, I read the *Salvation Army "Let's Talk About Racism" PDF *

https://s3.amazonaws.com/cache.salvationarmy.org/e0c074e3-39db-4b09-a6ea-aa5bdb6ecaa6_Let%2527s%2520Talk%2520About...%2520Racism%2520COMPLETE%2520SET.pdf
Its an interesting take on systemic racism. And by 'interesting' I mean 'white hating". It mentions the Catholic Church allowing the annexation of the new world, white and black slaves being replaced by blacks from west Africa, and the formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816 after two blackies got pulled out of a church for sitting in the white section.
To be honest, after reading this I think Im even more racist now!

Here is the relevant passage about white supremacy (pg 21)

The Jews and Gentiles knew and understood the laws and cultural traditions that were in place to keep them apart. There was literally a wall in the temple keeping Gentiles from accessing the same worship space as Jews. Jesus didn’t physically tear down that wall but offered us all a different way of access to God. Our wall is White supremacy and superiority, and we must address how it has stopped us from worshipping together.