British Red Cross chief Mike Adamson has claimed the charity struggled to deal with the Grenfell disaster because staff and volunteers are too white.
This is appalling. It should not matter what the race of an aid worker is — except it does, apparently, ie. if the aid worker is white. Racism against white people apparently is acceptable now. Adamson further states:
There is a risk that in a very diverse community like Grenfell, an organisation with the words ‘British’ and ‘Cross’ in its title is confused with a Christian establishment organisation.
Adamson in effect condemns Christianity and British people for acts of altruism. This is bizarre. His demonizing of white Christians aligns with the rhetoric of the Islamic State. Islamic State jihadis wrote about the Grenfell Towers disaster: “How beautiful the fire that consumes the buildings of the criminal Britons and Christians.”
Adamson is also suggesting that the identification of Red Cross workers as British and Christian is offensive to Muslims in the UK. What does that indicate about the Muslim population?
“British Red Cross ‘Too White’, Chief Exec Calls Words ‘British’ and ‘Cross’ a ‘Challenge’”, by Virginia Hale, Breitbart, September 10, 2017:
British Red Cross chief Mike Adamson has claimed the charity struggled to deal with the Grenfell disaster because staff and volunteers are too white.
“There is a risk that in a very diverse community like Grenfell, an organisation with the words ‘British’ and ‘Cross’ in its title is confused with a Christian establishment organisation,” he wrote, in a blog for the New Philanthropy Capital think tank.
Though stating that the charity is “completely impartial” in its work, Adamson added: “There is no escaping the fact that with shining exceptions, such as our refugee services, we are nowhere near as diverse as we need to be in our volunteer base, our staffing or our leadership.”
Announcing that he is “personally leading” the charity’s “inclusion and diversity strategy”, Adamson said the British Red Cross is “changing massively to be relevant to the world of today and tomorrow.”
He was slammed by commenters at the Times website — which reported Adamson a having “admitted the charity struggled with the Grenfell disaster because its workforce is too white” — for “apologising for [the British Red Cross’] very existence, its name and not being ‘diverse’ enough.”
“Call in the Red Crescent, if that is of the correct ethnicity,” wrote one user, adding: “What’s truly pathetic is the self-hate and desperate apologies for not being ‘relevant’ enough.”
On Tuesday, a blog post on the Third Sector website lamented that Britain needs “prompt action on diversity in fundraising”, arguing that the industry needs a significant culture change to attract more black and minority ethnic (BAME/BME) people to its workforce.
In the post, author Hayley Gullen — a senior trusts fundraising manager — reported a number of different “barriers” to ethnic minorities in pursuing fundraising careers , which include charity having “negative connotations”, the field being perceived as low prestige in migrant communities, and other cultures lacking the concept of charity.
A Guardian article similarly bemoaning the fact that Britain’s publishing industry “remains 90 per cent white” was attacked by readers who pointed out that — with the UK around 86 per cent white — the figure was broadly representative.
In comments below the piece, readers also questioned why the Guardian made ethnicity its focus when reporting on the alleged lack of diversity in the industry, when the article states that 85 per cent of people working in UK publishing are female.
“Where is the Guardian’s alarm at that statistic?”, wrote one user, calling the gender gap “a far bigger disparity than a marginal overrepresentation of white people in what is a very middle-class profession.”……
WorkingClassPost says
My brain hurts.
I’m trying to make stuff like this up for a fantasy story,, but I can’t even get close…
bob says
mine 2.
FYI says
“There are too many White Christian faces in Britain”
David Cameron
“There are too many Christian faces in parliament and not enough muslim faces in the military,police force and the Government”
David Cameron
Michael Copeland says
WHITE CHRISTIAN FACES
That Cameron Dave has it down to a tee,
Though with dangerous views about races.
He says it’s a problem if all you can see
Is “a sea of white Christian faces”.
He tells us so firmly society needs
To be “vibrant”, and “strong”, and “inclusive”.
All this to comply with the fashion he heeds,
For he must not be seen as “abusive”.
Old England and Scotland and Ulster and Wales
No longer need show any traces
Of the hundreds of years of their stories and tales:
They’re too many white Christian faces.
TheBuffster says
Well done, Michael. Is that your creation?
Michael Copeland says
Thank you very much. Yes, it is.
gravenimage says
+1
Adrian Johnson says
First rate.
I hope you post it widely around the net.
Thanks Michael Copeland.
Michael Copeland says
WHITE CHRISTIAN FACES
That Cameron Dave has it down to a tee,
Though with dangerous views about races.
He says it’s a problem if all you can see
Is “a sea of white Christian faces”.
He tells us so firmly society needs
To be “vibrant”, and “strong”, and “inclusive”.
All this to comply with the fashion he heeds,
For he must not be seen as “abusive”.
Old England and Scotland and Ulster and Wales
No longer need show any traces
Of the hundreds of years of their stories and tales:
They’re too many white Christian faces.
The Remorseless Headsman says
Just like there were too many white faces at Dunkirk. Didn’t they know any better?
gravenimage says
Cameron is another self-hating tool. These cretins abound in the West now.
Anne Smith says
No he is a self loving creep who merely wanted to court the block Muslim vote to stay in power. He could see the labour Party was being totally infiltrated by Muslims (it is now openly anti-Semitic) and he wanted to get his hands on the Muslim voters, too.
David Cameron cares nothing for anyone or anything except himself and his desire to be top dog.
Nigel Farage and his party eventually brought him down – well done Ukippers.
John A. Marre says
The word “cross” is hated by Muslims. If they don’t like it, they should pack up and leave countries where it is used. If they don’t like “Red Cross” they should get the hell out. If they resent the cross on the flags of Britain, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark and Finland they should set sail for a Muslim country.
The most despicable people are the politicians who are willingly replacing the cross with a crescent moon and a star.
JAR says
“Crescent Moon and Star” is too long to use, if anyone were actually to suggest it for a name change. I submit replacing “British Red Cross” with “Asian Green Scimitar.” I’m sure the staffers of that humanitarian organization could be very industrious and enthusiastic.
Bill Warner predicted that it wouldn’t be long before the Union Jack had its two crosses eliminated, like was recently done on the Greek yogurt packaging. With the speed that politicians and leftists are moving, Britain is well into its tailspin with no sign of pulling out. And with the low birthrate among Caucasians, David Cameron will eventually get his wish for less white Christian faces in his land and those of Europe.
It’s sad to see so many Western human beings losing the will to live, fight, and stand for freedom, nobility, and common sense against the barbarity, backward thinking, and inhumanity that composes Islam. If Pat Condell and Captain Obvious could be our MSM nightly news anchors, perhaps people wouldn’t be falling for the “Religion of Peace” byline and every other canard and dirty trick being employed to hoodwink the masses into submission these days.
gravenimage says
John, Muslims don’t want to leave–they want to turn the free West into another Islamic sh*t hole.
Adrian Johnson says
You said it.
D Austin says
“British Red Cross chief Mike Adamson has claimed the charity struggled to deal with the Grenfell disaster because staff and volunteers are too white.”
The Red Cross is too white because many of the residents were Muslims, awake late that night due to Ramadan.
In addition, that building looked like Burning Man on fire in Nevada, yet didn’t collapse at free-fall speed like the World Trade Center. Our government tells us steel structure buildings on fire collapse. Someone let ISIS know it must be an Allah miracle.
Trump’s speech today about 9/11 said “America was attacked”, “worse attack since Pearl Harbor”, etc. Not once did he say who attacked America. Calling a threat by a different name does not make it go away. This is a political distraction.
Name the enemy and Americans might suddenly start feeling good about themselves. That outraged confidence which we associate with Pearl Harbor, but that made a brief return after September 11, might come back to stay. Americans would embrace patriotism and pride without doubt or guilt.
Guy Macher says
Non-whites don’t volunteer. If British and cross are challenging perhaps the organization needs a new chief.
gravenimage says
Certainly, statistically far fewer volunteer–and almost no Muslims do. And there are few real charities in Dar-al-Islam (and no, money-laundering fronts for Jihad do not count).
The fact is that Westerners are the most charitable people in the world–and the British Red Cross chief believes we should be ashamed and feel guilty because of it. *Ugh*.
The only thing that Muslims enthusiastically volunteer for is waging violent Jihad.
Here, in fact, is how pious Muslims regard the Red Cross, and those who volunteer to help the needy:
“Afghanistan: Wheelchair-bound Muslim murders Spanish Red Cross worker at rehabilitation center”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/09/afghanistan-wheelchair-bound-muslim-murders-spanish-red-cross-worker-rehabilitation-center
Kiki says
He’s criticizing an aid organization because many of the workers are white, Christian, and the name “Red Cross” could offend someone…?
Who cares what color aid workers are as long as help is being given to poor and homeless and whoever needs it?
This man needs to focus more on the good deeds these groups do; instead of wasting time focusing on silly things like skin color or the title ‘red cross’, he ought to be applauding them for the work they do….and maybe join in and do some aid work of his own.
gravenimage says
Kiki, Mike Adamson is the *British Red Cross chief*.
Michelle says
Thank you Kiki! My sentiments exactly! Unbelievable that anyone would/could complain that their rescuers were the wrong colour!! Good grief! The racism is NOT what MSM is saying, it’s the opposite. Thank you for your comment. Sincerely, Michelle, Canada
Santa Voorhees says
Perhaps this actually tells us the difference of who are willing to help people in need and who sits at home living off our money, but apparently that requires too much complex thinking for liberals to take notice.
ElderlyZionist says
Was noticing the same thing. If the British Red Cross can’t get a ‘diverse’ enough set of volunteers, maybe they should consider conscription?
PRCS says
They have a list to work from.
Shmooviyet says
??
Shmooviyet says
Here as well.
How insensitive of those non-islamic Brits to volunteer. One would think they’d know better by now, with the London mayor et al shoving inclusiveness at every chance.
Are would-be muslim volunteers being turned away? No, just another fairy tale invented for lack of them. They feel intimidated/insulted/excluded etc by the name and that filthy kuffar cross, you see.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Shmooviyet.
Westman says
It’s amazing what some privileged people worry about, as if their good fortune was a scarlet letter branded into their foreheads and any, and every, measure must be taken to snuff out even a modicum of gratitude for those who paid the price for it.
That will end abruptly when the civil wars in Europe begin. The leaders of the EU don’t realize that, again, through a completely different route, following a different fallacy, a leader of Germany is bringing war to Europe.
D Austin says
“…a leader of Germany is bringing war to Europe.”
Considering the times we live it, it takes an Adolf Hitler in drag to pull it off!
gravenimage says
Westman, this is even worse than self hatred over good fortune–this is self hatred over *being charitable*. Good lord…
Dan says
You know what?
MAYBE there’s an over-abundantly large number of white, (probably Christian) people in the Red Cross BECAUSE THEY FOUNDED IT AND WHITE CHRISTIANS ARE PREDOMINANTLY THE MOST CHARITABLE CLASS IN THE WORLD.
Yes, every race, creed color and religion has done abysmal things in their past, but MOST of the other races, creeds, colors and religions either still practice some form of atrocity, or DO NOT have the “spiritual background” that says you should be charitable.
After the Haitian earthquake, I personally knew of a group of about 5 people in their mid 20’s, and another private yacht captain, who raised over 4 million in aid.
China, in total, donated one million in aid.
Big whup.
I’ve never heard of a charitable Russian organization, except when their government attaches political chains as conditions.
Tons of charity workers go into Africa, and South America, but I’ve never seen any of their rich, or their governments send in or raise millions, even billions, to help other countries.
I’ve also heard of charity organizations trying to start up in places like Japan, but they fail because the cultural background simply does not have the concept of “The Good Samaritan.”
I’ve been to India, and it’s a corrupt cesspool. Most of their religions seem to be geared towards personal spiritual enlightenment, but none seem geared towards “giving back.” I tried to have a friend from that country give some money to “The Poor” for me, and he just couldn’t grasp the “concept.” He had this baffled look on his face, and kept asking, “Why would you want to do that?”
In fact, in most of those countries much of the charity funds are swindled into the coffers of the rich and politically powerful.
It’s a lousy economy over here, I’ve been trying to break into a new business, and STILL, I try to keep up with the several charities I decided are honest enough to be worthy of donation.
You know what?
Maybe everybody in the rest of the world is right.
It’s time for us whities to pack up and go home.
The world can deal with their wrecks themselves cause, Lord knows we have enough problems here.
Trouble is, Christianity teaches you’re supposed to do charitable works without expecting praise or accolade.
So there’s always going to be that LARGER percentage of white Christians who keep plugging along, HOPING someone else’s life is better for it.
So put a sock in it you parasite leeches.
If white people aren’t going a good enough job, step up to the plate.
Cause just like socialism runs out of other people’s money, the rest of the world is rapidly running out of other people’s charity.
Jayell says
Very good. Shame you forgot about all the refugees from Syria etc. whom Saudi Arabia refused to help because they were ‘the wrong sort of people’ (= the ‘wrong sort of muslim’?). The Saudis actually said that allowing these people in was ‘beneath them’, so Europe and the rest of the world had to do it, apparently. It would appear that these middle eastern muslim refugees must have been ‘right’ for Europe – not sure how one works that one out. When they arrived in the UK they expected to be accommodated wherever THEY wanted, i.e., mainly around the London area, so when some were sent up to Scotland where there was spare space (and a nice, peaceful environment) you should have heard some of the indignant complaints!
A similar thing happened when the Asians were thrown out of Uganda by Idi Amin; India refused to do much, if anything, for them even though many were ethnic Indians, so the UK and other Western countries were apparently supposed play the ‘Good Samaritan’ to all these people for whom we had near-zero responsibility. And, like some of the more recent Syrians, gratitude didn’t always seem to be high on the agenda for those fleeing Uganda, as exemplified in a contemporary newspaper interview with one such refugee who’d had a bit of a hard time with one UK newspaper and snarled “Journalist punk!” at the offending reporter. Strange how these charming individuals had such a good command of the less desirable words in the English vocabulary! Also strange that, round about the same sort of time, a member of the Indian government put out an appeal, publicised here in the UK, for Western countries to adopt some of their excessively high number of orphans because India “couldn’t afford to look after them” – and this despite the fact that this proud, fast-developing Asian democracy that we are told will soon be leading the world also boasts a space programme, a nuclear capability, and the highest number of billionaires in any one country!!
And now we Brits are told that our own Red Cross, that reflects our long-standing Christian ethos and has put in an immense charitable and humanitarian effort throughout the world over many decades, is somehow offensive to the characters living in Grenfell Tower, many of whom were no doubt already living off the charity of the British people and some of whom I might guess should not have been in the country at all!
Sorry, but I’ve had just about enough of this rubbish.
Jayell says
And while we’re about it, we all know about the charitable credentials of the great ‘Red Crescent’ organisation ( yes, another cynical islamic pseudo-civilised rip-off), don’t we?. They might as well have got their mission statement from the late great Henry Ford (“you can have one of my Model T’s in any colour so long as it’s black”) – “We will help humanity so long as they’re muslim”. Anyone care to refute that? WITH EVIDENCE??
vyx says
So, Whites are the Worst People in the World, and, by doing charity, they are proving to non-Whites, who receive that charity, that they are Bad People.
And yes, that statement is insane.
Really easy solution: remove all whites from all positions in the British Red Cross. Make those donating PROVE they are NOT White.
Then, this new British Red Crescent (Cross is a triggering word), run by non-whites and funded solely by non-whites can solve all the poverty issues in Great Britain. And they will, since there is nothing that White People can do that Not-White People can’t do better.
gravenimage says
+1
Lisa says
Just WOW!!
D Austin says
Meanwhile, the Queen is busy checking to see if she still has a pulse!
Mr F Middleton says
Take away ‘British’ and ‘Cross’, and what you’re left with is ‘Red’, hardly surprising really.
Fools says
OK, old senile England, too many white faces, too mamy crosses ye say. Then thou wilst not see me as a torist in yur kingdom, or a donor to your rouge cross, ever. Bye bye to you as a tourist destination, a charity, a place to do bizniss. Ye ole Brits to hades with you. Demented ye are to turn yur backs on yur people. Ye have made a contract with Lucifer himself so enjoy your futur in hades. I write ye off as a foolish nation of atheist libtards, stoned on lord knows what.
Voytek Gagalka says
So, they are on the effective way to change their name to, say, Britonstan Red Crescent. Then they will become VERY “inclusive,” indeed. Except that Mohammedans bar their kind from donating or receiving blood supplies not only from kuffar but just from EVERYBODY, as it is against sharia to engage in this sort of activity.
Darryl Kerney says
Christine,
i greatly admire your efforts.
Please read this !
There are rational and MORAL solutions to end or at least greatly reduce the jihad against the free world !
https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/2014/09/jihad-america-end/
PRCS says
“cultures lacking the concept of charity”
But, what about zakat?
Oh, wait, that’s obligatory.
gravenimage says
It is not just that, PRCS. While Zakat is often translated as “charity”, it actually has more to do with funding violent Jihad than with running clinics and orphanages.
mortimer says
Yes, the Left will have to examine new ways to make the white race disappear from the United Kingdom. Perhaps, they could arrange detention camps that will make people of BRITISH ANCESTRY to conveniently ‘DISAPPEAR’ like smoke! (sarc/off)
Why doesn’t British Red Cross chief British Red Cross chief Mike Adamson LEAD BY EXAMPLE: 1) resign from the BRC, then 2) commit suicide so that there’s one less white man of British ancestry in UK…
British Red Cross chief Mike Adamson is an idiot, a self-hating racist and a hypocrite.
gravenimage says
True, Mortimer. Shouldn’t Mike Adamson–who is very, very white–quit and give his job to a nice Muslim of color?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
There are still Christians in Britain?
Alien Republican says
There are too many white faced tax payers.
I wonder about leftists says
How in heavens name do they come up with every time a new ridiculous thought. With people like that you don’t need a goat with 2 horns. We have enough people who fit that picture, incredible !!!!
We whites can’t even leave, unless they provide us with the 11.000 Syrian passports, but all the “refugees” have so many passports, we don’t.And I only see volunteers in the stricken war countries, the brave men who have stayed in their country to help their fellow men, and they are a few, the others are all here to profit from us and we have no saying in how the taxpayers money is spent.
What an absolute Gotspe.
gravenimage says
British Red Cross chief: Staff is “too white,” words like “British” and “cross” are a “challenge”
…………………………
How *dare* ethnic white Britons–especially those who are also Christian or embrace Christian values like charity–rush to aid people, including those who do not look like them or even share any of their civilized values?
They must, obviously, be “racists”…
Is *this* the depth of self-hatred the West has sunk to? *Ugh*.
Dum Spiro says
Coincidentally, I just found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqYpxXQYYT4
Sobering, isn’t it (and this article)?
— Spero
Carlos Danger says
Two words for hajjis who don’t like it in the West and for Quisling tools like Ex-PM Cameron…….bite me.
I was born here, and am not going anywhere. YOU can go if you don’t like it.
Carlos Danger says
If you receive a request for funds from the British Red Cross, print this article out and mail it back to this wanker….(preferably postage due). Tell all your friends as well
Karen says
Very good suggestion.
Matthieu Baudin says
‘… Racism against white people apparently is acceptable now…”
Yes it’s acceptable now, but this new morality born of new prejudice has been creeping up on us for a considerable time. Anyone alive in the 1970’s may have had the good fortune to listen to a little Cheech and Chong, the two american comedians, and might remember the memorial lines; “… if you’re not a black, homosexual, working class woman, then you’re an oppressor, pig – you deserve to die…”.
Well back then it was ludicrous and very funny, but today the chickens have come home to roost and Contemporary Left attitudes have come to mirror rather closely what was once thought to be ‘fringe idiocy’. Not only do we now have ‘acceptable’ mainstream prejudice against Whites, we have ‘acceptable’ prejudice against men and we also have a ‘fashionable and acceptable’ fixation with homosexuality and a growing prejudice against mainstream heterosexuality. So credit to you Christine for your ongoing decency and fairness in opposing and tackling these New Left prejudices that have grown, largely unchallenged, to become huge blots on the cultural landscape.
Stan Lee says
The Red Cross exists via donations from individuals and businesses. I believe that most of that donated money comes from from the gifts of charitable people or organizations who themselves might be adjudged as “too white!”
Mr Adamson, quit your philosophizing while you’re still barely ahead.
gravenimage says
All true, Stan.
Karen says
How cruel of the British to not create exact replicas of their immigrants’ home communities, with only the correct skin complexions in the proper ratios visible at all times. After all, the main goal of immigration is to move half way around the world but notice no change or annoyance, while receiving generous goodies from some magical source.
Guest says
A new meaning to the term ‘racist’
R Russell says
If ‘cross’ is a problem they have a choice. Get help elsewhere. Any money I give to charity is given in the name of the Bible Jesus. If they don’t want help associated with the Bible Jesus that is their problem and not mine.
Ade says
Whatever !! ..
Is the word “islamic” too “challenging” for muslims ??????????
David says
May Adamsons kister be kick off the Red Cross ASAP. Adamson has no right to be in the Red Cross. These type of people abhore me. I will say it to his face.
Harry says
If it’s “too white”, let the brownies organise their own aid.
Fraser says
Too many crosses on the Union Jack will likely soon become a challenge!