Houston Republic

Officials of the Houston 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 Greater Houston 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 Greater Houston is located at 1500 Austin St. It has 41 advisory board members.

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Salvation Army Houston Advisory Board

Advisory Panel member	Affiliated Business, if Available
H. Kirby Atwood	Gulf Capital Partners, Inc.
Robert F. Bland Jr.	N/A
Jack S. Blanton Jr.	N/A
Neil Bush	Neil Bush Global Advisers
Penny Hess Butler	N/A
Judy G. Chong	N/A
Joe Cleary	Harvey Builders
Diana (Stick) Delaup	N/A
Marilyn DeMontrond	DeMontrond Auto Group
Jenny Elkins	Houston Trust Company
Sidney Faust	Faust Distributing
Dan Gaultieri	Inside Petroleum, Inc.
Michael Helm	Martin Preferred Foods
Maureen Higdon	Game Change Agency
Terry Hill	JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking
Kenneth Holbrook	Texas First Bank
Mary Maxey	N/A
Judi A. McGee	N/A
Linda McReynolds	N/A
Dorothy T. Nicholson	N/A
Risher Randall Jr.	N/A
Charles L. Roff	N/A
Clint Schexanyder	BGC Representative
Bill Schneidau	N/A
Joel Scott	N/A
William T. Slick Jr.	N/A
C. Richard Stasney MD	N/A
Judy S. Tate	N/A
David F. Taylor	N/A
Marcus A. Watts	N/A
Kim Wheless	N/A
Jeanie Kilroy Wilson	N/A
Jim P. Wise	N/A
Ken Wise	N/A
Ronald W. Woliver	N/A
Merele Yarborough	N/A
Tom Forney	Forney Construction
William D. Rogers	CCE Advisory and CCE Investments
Ann Bookout	N/A
Vicki West	N/A
Lilly Kucera Andres	N/A

Source: Metric Media News Service