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WASHINGTON (TND) — The Salvation Army has withdrawn the "Let's Talk About Racism" guide that suggested white people apologize for their race, according to a statement given by the organization Thursday.

A Salvation Army guide aimed at "courageous conversations about racism" asks "White Americans" to "stop trying to be ‘colorblind.’"

The guide, "Let's Talk About Racism," was released in April and created by the Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission. It is meant to provide "internal dialogue" on the issue of racism among members of the Salvation Army.

"While many Salvationists have acted firmly and courageously against racism, The Salvation Army acknowledges with regret, that Salvationists have sometimes shared in the sins of racism and conformed to economic, organizational and social pressures that perpetuate racism," the guide states.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

The Salvation Army got itself into hot water over the Thanksgiving weekend after calling on white Christians to repent for their racism in a new guide but then quickly removing the document after a number of donors announced they would pull their support.

An accompanying document created by the Salvation Army’s International Social Justice Commission, called the “Study Guide on Racism,” claims that white people are responsible for “unconscious bias,” an idea promulgated by critical-race-theory advocate Ibram X. Kendi. Kendi argues that white people’s legacy of racism is irredeemable, and that the only remedy is reverse discrimination as a matter of retributive justice to level the societal playing field.

The study guide reads: “The subtle nature of racism is such that people who are not consciously racist easily function with the privileges, empowerment and benefits of the dominant ethnicity, thus unintentionally perpetuating injustice.”