{"id":1128472,"date":"2021-12-17T12:58:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128472"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:58:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:58:55","slug":"wall-street-journal-contributor-slams-salvation-army-wokeness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-street-journal-contributor-slams-salvation-army-wokeness\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Journal Contributor Slams Salvation Army \u2018Wokeness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwall-street-journal-contributor-slams-salvation-army-wokeness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Salvation-Army-tray-of-food-arms-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A contributed Thursday op-ed in the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> blasts the new \u201cwokeness\u201d reigning at the Salvation Army, lamenting its embrace of the worst of critical race theory (CRT).<\/p>\n<p>Joining other voices decrying the decline of this venerable Christian charity, <em>WSJ<\/em> contributor Kenny Xu, president of Color Us United, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/wokeness-infiltrates-the-salvation-army-discussion-guide-racism-diversity-and-incusion-christian-11639690409?mod=Searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1\">cites<\/a> a Salvation Army discussion <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cache.salvationarmy.org\/e0c074e3-39db-4b09-a6ea-aa5bdb6ecaa6_Let%27s%20Talk%20About...%20Racism%20COMPLETE%20SET.pdf\">guide<\/a> called \u201cLet\u2019s Talk About Racism,\u201d published earlier this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe must stop denying the existence of individual and systemic\/institutional racism,\u201d the 2021 guide declares. \u201cThey exist, and are still at work to keep White Americans in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the Salvation Army eventually caved to the public outcry against its guide and pulled it from its website for \u201cappropriate review,\u201d it has never disowned its content or apologized for its embrace of the narrative of America\u2019s purported \u201csystemic racism,\u201d Xu notes.<\/p>\n<p>The Salvation Army has rather installed two new \u201cdiversity, equity and inclusion\u201d (DEI) directors, Xu observes, roles that typically draw deeply from the CRT poisoned myth of American history, which does not bode well for the direction the organization is taking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Xu also suggests that this move by the Salvation Army may reflect a desire to solicit more corporate giving, given many corporations\u2019 current love affair with DEI.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.051724137931\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantisFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RonDeSantisFL<\/a>: Wokeness Is a &#8220;Form of the Cultural Marxism&#8221; Tearing &#8220;the Fabric&#8221; of Society <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DlpBvw9pth\">pic.twitter.com\/DlpBvw9pth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1471583305980071943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his analysis, Xu echoes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2021\/12\/07\/catholic-league-slams-salvation-armys-embrace-of-critical-race-theory\/\">criticisms<\/a> by Dr. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, who similarly slammed the Salvation Army for buying into the lies of critical race theory.<\/p>\n<p>In a December 6 essay, noted that throughout its text, the Salvation Army reiterated the belief \u201cthat white people are racists, thus necessitating the need to \u2018apologize.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur foundations were built on racism, and it is still strongly felt in every aspect of American life,\u201d the document declares, and there is \u201cno other way to read that other than to say that \u2018America is an inherently racist society,\u2019\u201d Donohue wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Salvation Army defines racism as the \u201cprejudiced treatment, stereotyping or discrimination of POC [People of Color] on the basis of race,\u201d Donohue observed, thereby excluding the possibility that anyone but a white person can be a racist.<\/p>\n<p>In concluding Thursday\u2019s op-ed, Mr. Xu calls for a public renunciation of the text and its contents by Salvation Army leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The Salvation Army \u201cshould release a statement making clear that America isn\u2019t a racist country,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a moment of the organization\u2019s leaders to truly take a stand against wokeness,\u201d he insists.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A contributed Thursday op-ed in the Wall Street Journal blasts the new \u201cwokeness\u201d reigning at the Salvation Army, lamenting its embrace of the worst of critical race theory (CRT). 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