Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy called for white Christians to repent for racism Sunday after his company suffered vandalism in about a dozen of the chain’s restaurants over the past week.
Cathy, the son of Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy, spoke in a roundtable discussion with Passion City founder Louie Giglio and Christian rapper Lecrae. He said whites should not condemn the behavior of destroying others’ property. Instead, he said, they should have empathy for the underlying frustration.
“[M]y plea would be for the white people, rather than point fingers at that kind of criminal effort, would be to see the level of frustration and exasperation and almost the sense of hopelessness that exists on some of those activists within the African-American community,” he said.
After calling for whites to repent for racism, Cathy got down and shined Lecrae’s shoes on stage:
“Any expressions of a contrite heart, of a sense of humility, a sense of shame, a sense of embarrassment … an apologetic heart, I think that’s what our world needs to hear today,” he continued.
The CEO said, after speaking to some black members of his staff, he came to realize the existence of “conscious and unconscious biases” that led to some black employees to experience a lack of respect.
He said whites have not been taking the time to ask blacks about their experiences.
“This has led to a sense of apathy, indifference – you know, it’s somebody else’s deal, this is about, you know, police shooting people,” he said, then added, “It’s much more than that. It’s about the grind of that kind of indignity and other expressions of it.”
Speaking of Atlanta and the protesters who burned down Wendy’s after Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police following an altercation, Cathy said whites need “a period of contrition” and “a sense of real identity, not just criticizing people that are burning down that restaurant last night.”
“[W]e as Caucasians, until we’re willing to just pick up the baton and fight for our black, African-American brothers and sisters, which they are as one human race, we’re shameful,” he said. “We’re just adding to it.”
Chick-fil-A has been mired in controversy over the past year after the discovery of its donations to the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center and also Covenant House, an organization that celebrates LGBTQ pride and hosted a Drag Queen Story Hour in New York.
In November, the restaurant that had received the praise and support of Christians for what appeared to be its courage to stand up for the biblical foundations of marriage and sexuality announced it was changing direction.
The company revealed it would be ending its support for the Salvation Army — considered by many to be the premier organization for helping the homeless and hungry — and giving, instead, to Covenant House International, an organization that helps homeless youth but clearly celebrates LGBTQ pride.
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Why would I apologize for something I had nothing to do with, so eat shit Dan Cathy. Looks like I won’t be going to chick-fil_a anymore
Chic-fi-la is just trying to avoid getting burned down like Wendy’s.
I’ll call that CEO a chicken shit!
What if it gets burned down by white people?
Amen, same here.
Suck it coward chicken man.
Yeah, I’m running out of stores and restaurants that I will frequent. Oh well, makes saving money that much easier.
Another business I’ll go out of my way to avoid. If he wants to shame all white people for the transgressions of a few and ignore abject criminality, I guess he doesn’t want white people to spend money at his restaurants so I’m happy to oblige.
Wendy’s spicy chicken sandwich is better than any of the Chick-fil-A offerings I’ve tried anyway.
This Cathy guy is really a Karen guy
Let me repeat my position, and Tommy’s, on shoe shining:
Boycott Shit-Fil-A and their new marketing program. Supporting DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME? SPLC?
Let them choke on their chicken.
That was a great movie. Have watched it a few times. Too bad De Niro turned out to be such a punk.
He’s not really a punk. Definitely an incredible asshole.
A great actor just seriously stunad.
not so great – same character every movie…
It must be really hard to be that frigging stupid. Wish I could boycott shit fil a but I have never given them any business so I can’t.
Another business I shan’t be patronizing.
I guess he didn’t read Leviticus:
“However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way.”
I never bought into the cult of Chick-fil-A. I’m looking like a wise man about now.
I ate there once to see what all the fuss was about. Wasn’t impressed.
Now, of course, never again.
No more Chic-Filet !
In times of violent civil unrest looters are shot !
As for the CEO boot licking a black excuse maker you can both rot in hell !
Just suck it, Dan.
So I get pissed off and torch his restaurant he is supposed to feel my pain and offer to help ME? Once this cuck caved on Christian values he became a non person to me. He’s been working hard to prove me right ever since. Asshat!
Betcha the boy is queer. Probably likes black men along with BDSM which would explain his sudden turning to the dark side. Dark side…..get it? Nevermind.
They say once you go black, you never go back… You cant.
Blacks ancestors would be ashamed. When there was no safety net what so ever in this country, what didn’t kill you made you stronger. Does one race of people owe another a lack of adversity in which to gain strength by?
I think I’d be more ashamed to have somebody polishing my shoes who wasn’t a shoeshine boy. Both parties here are sick and disgusting.
Cuck-fil-A
Just another bended knee along with the new NFL. I’m refusing to spend my money in places that place money before ethics. Don’t apologize for something you didn’t do.
Chik-Fil-A is dead to me. Caving in to Negro rioters and anarchists is a good way to lose customers.
Take out your frustration by burning down the Federal Reserve or the government. THEY are the problem. (Not to be meant as a promotion of arson….just saying).
Who controls the Federal Reserve and the government?
Disgusting. One more place not to support.
I don’t owe any Black an apology, and they sure haven’t earned one.
Evidently this idiot wasn’t watching what happened to Dick’s Sporting Goods. Dicks decided to stop selling specific AR rifles and items after the “Broward’s Cowards” incident, then took a $250 million sales loss and the stupid CEO said he was fine with that.
Watch sales take a serious hit. I’ll laugh when it does.
Pathetic!
Ok, I will repent for what I have done. I have been friends with black people for as long as I can remember. I have hired people for positions when I have been a manager of a department…good jobs too. I have patronized businesses run by black people and staffed by black people. Now I guess I am supposed to regret all that?
Yes, you should regret it now. What the hell were you thinking?
Funny….guess “It” wasn’t appreciated
Another ZH refugee.
What in the hell? I thought Chic fil a stood strong to public pressure. I guess Hobby Lobby will be next.
They already bent over for the gays. Now they’re licking black boots.
In the case of the gays, CFA’s overtly stated motivation was to expand operations into markets that revile them. Sure enough, the gays immediately piled on and demanded more. They’re insatiable, those gays.
And in both cases, it wasn’t enough to cravenly accept the jizz…er, jizyah. No, in the very acts of renouncing CFA’s well-deserved reputation of courage, compassion, moral clarity, and generosity, Cathy turns to slander his allies and brothers in Christ with the very accusations out from under which he hopes to slip.
Makes you wonder if Dan Cathy’s mind was incepted by Ronald McDonald or something. “Hmm…yes. I will ruin my father’s empire to build my own.”
The scum that are doing all of the looting and burning will never see what he did and even if a few do, they will just mock him for doing that. I predict more burning of that stupid chicken chain.
He’s just upset that the moon crickets are all fighting over Popeye’s chicken sandwiches and not his. He’s toast.
Well, there’s another spineless coward that owns a chain of restaurants that I will never again go to dine. What a sell out, phony corporate shill. I hope he awakens tomorrow morning to find the chicken of depression roosting on his window sill.
Only patronize small family owned restraunts.
There’s no guarantee small restauranteers are better human beings, but at least they aren’t stupid enough to moon their best customers twice in one year.
That craven coward. I fail to see how I’m responsible for actions that occurred 160 years ago
It was in 1983. Chick-fil-A at the Cross Creek Mall, Fayetteville, NC…….the very first time I ever sat in A Chick-what-the F…order came to the table and the roaches crawled over the counter. Walked out, never to return.
I remember that every time I hear the Chick-fil-A name….roaches…you have great decorum, but you are full of rot and vermin….
This man’s father is whirling like a Dervish in in his grave. This F’ng ass hat virtue signaling SJW POS.
his daddy & paul anderson are both spinning in their graves–
“see the level of frustration and exasperation and almost the sense of hopelessness”
ahh yeah, whites are not expected to sink to that level of existence so they can use it against us and keep us pulling the cart of society along. Like life isn’t a pita for whites also.
Enough of it, i would rather the left burnt it all down so it can be rebuilt from the bottom up, if only too rid ourselves of our preening masters hectoring us the great unwashed
Any white who is pulling the cart is a fool, whether it be by voting, joining the service or creating wealth to be taxed, a god damn fool who will deserve what’s coming.
Hope that minority crowd he is pandering to fill his shithole restaurants.
Christian Ethics. No surprises here.
Chick Fil a RIP. I will never eat there again. SMH!!!
Too bad nukes aren’t real.
I’d play the role of Senator Stillson and launch on Chick-fil-A in a heartbeat.
In one fell swoop this asshat destroys the loyalty of his conservative base customers.
Except white people didn’t own the slaves. http://www.wethoughttheywerewhite.tumblr.com
Except 93 to 94% of trans-Atlantic slaves went to hell holes like Brazil, Nicaragua, Mexico, Haiti, Bahamas, etc.
“Hi. Dan Cathy here. Some of you know me as the chicken choker, others refer to me as the man with a cock a doodle plan. To demonstrate how repentant I am for the sin of being an idiot I will single handedly alienate the vast majority of my customer base while encouraging more looting at my stores by the very thugs and Communist sympathizers Im sniveling to. My family used to stand for Christian values and traditional families, now we stand for transgender chickens and a chickens right to choose. Im so sorry about my offensive existence that Im donating my chain to CHOP. They’ve offered me a job as a doormat and a professional boot licker. My dream job is finally here. Yay!”
Chick Fil A, nothing more than a company that stole the Colonels recipe and made it a sandwich, has sold out all of the the people that stuck with them when they were under pressure by the Left and stood firm. Now they kneel. Sell outs of the worst sort. I haven’t eaten there since.
I thought this article was Babylon Bee, couldn’t believe it was real.
Anyone watch Tucker Carlson tonight? I told you we are on our own.
YOU’RE NEXT WHITEY!!!
Just remember, The grid is their friend not ours.
Throughout most of my life, blacks have been given preference over whites in jobs, educational opportunities, government contracts, etc. Most of them do not take advantage of the educational opportunities that are GIVEN to them. They prefer to drop out of school and rely on the government for food, medical, housing and spending money.
I will be damned if I apologize for working & paying taxes so these lazy people can lay around, make babies, do drugs and destroy their communities whenever they feel slighted.
FUCK YOU!!! I have NOTHING to apologize for!
This asshole just lost my business. Can’t speak for my wife, she’s a glutton for punishment with their chicken. I’m not apologizing for jack or shit.
1) There’s not a racist bone in my body.
a) It’s anti-Christian to judge in such a manner.
b) I’ve taken enough shit on here to demonstrate it.
2) We are judged as individuals according to the Creator.
3) Corruption of blood is the most heinous crime, blaming one for the sins of his or her fathers.
Chick Fil A, nothing more than a company that stole the Colonels recipe and made it a sandwich, has sold out all of the people that stuck with them when they were under pressure by the Left and stood firm. Now they kneel to anti Christian GLBT Marxists and tell us to stick it up your Poulets. Sell outs of the worst sort. I haven’t eaten there since and hope they choke on a chicken bone.
What if they destroyed his house?
Culver’s restaurant has delicious chicken sandwiches!