Raj S Kalyandurg is a board member of the North Texas Salvation Army. | Merrill Lynch
Raj S Kalyandurg is a board member of the North Texas Salvation Army. | Merrill Lynch
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. |
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