Dallas City Wire

Officials of the Dallas branch of the Salvation Army remain quiet on the organization's demand that white donors to "apologize" for racism, and on calls by critics to repudiate the statement.

The Salvation Army of North Texas hasn't issued a public statement, or addressed the matter on its Facebook page or Twitter account.

The demands were made earlier this year by the Salvation Army's Alexandria, Va.-based leadership, which released training materials to educate its white donors, volunteers and employees.

The materials call on white donors to the Salvation Army "to stop denying the existence of individual and systemic/institutional racism.” 

“They exist, and are still at work to keep White Americans in power," they said.

"Many have come to believe that we live in a post-racial society, but racism is very real for our brothers and sisters who are refused jobs and housing, denied basic rights and brutalized and oppressed simply because of the color of their skin," one lesson explains. "There is an urgent need for Christians to evaluate racist attitudes and practices in light of our faith, and to live faithfully in today’s world."

Color Us United, a group "created to speak out against those who want to divide America," has demanded the Salvation Army "release a statement making clear that America isn’t a racist country."

The Salvation Army removed the training materials on Nov. 25, announcing it wasn't its "intention" to ask whites to apologize for being racist.

The Salvation Army of North Texas is located at 5302 Harry Hines Blvd. It has 54 advisory board members.

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Salvation Army Dallas Advisory Board

Advisory Panel member	Affilliated Business, if Available
Robert Best	Atmos Energy
Darwin Bruce	Capital Market Ventures, LLC
John Carreker	Jet Linx Management Company, LLC
Christie Carter	Carter-Langham, Inc.
Millie Cooper	The Cooper Aerobics Center
Meredith Counce	Dallas Cowboys
Richard Davis	DAVACO, Inc.
Bernard DiFiore	BenefitMall, Inc.
Mary Clare Finney	Spyglass LP
Mark Flagg	Northern Trust Bank
Joyce Fox	Joyce Fox Interiors, LLC
Alan Friedman	Trisept
Hilda Galvan	Jones Day
Judy Gibbs	N/A
Louise Griffeth	N/A
James L. Hailey	JCPenney
John Hawkins	Hawkins-Welwood Homes, LLC
Carl Ice	BNSF Railway Company
Willis Johnson	JBJ Management
Charlotte Jones	Dallas Cowboys Football Club
Raj Kalyandurg	Merill Lynch
Frank A. King	King Capital Partners
Meredith Land	NBC-5 (KXAS)
Sarah Losinger	N/A
Bobby Lyle	Lyco Holdings Incorporated
Ashok Mago	Mago and Associates
Richard K. Martin	Haynes and Boone, LLP
Sara Martineau	N/A
Preston McAfee	Rogers-O’Brien Construction
Lynn H. McBee	N/A
J.D. McCaslin	J.D. McCaslin & Company, Inc.
David Miller	EnCap Investments
Anne Mewhinney Monning	N/A
Debbie Oates	N/A
Diane Paddison	4WordWomen.org
Roland Parrish	Parrish Restaurants Ltd.
Margot Perot	N/A
Jan R. Pickens	N/A
Michal Powell	N/A
Stan H. Richards	The Richards Group
Elliott Roosevelt Jr.	N/A
William R. Ross	NorthMarq Capital
Matthew Schindel	Partner
Mark Schortman	Coca-Cola Refreshments
Robert E. Scott	N/A
Shelle J. Sills	N/A
Lee R. Slaughter	Kahala Investments, Inc.
Mark (Clay) Smith	M.C. Smith Investments
Phillip Swatzell	CrossFirst Bank
Frank Swingle	Swingle, Collins & Associates
LaMonte Thomas	Market President, South Central, Aetna
Lisa Copeland Troutt
R. Gerald Turner	Southern Methodist University
Taylor Turner	Hazen and Co.

Source: Metric Media News Service