Seattle City Wire

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

The Salvation Army of King County 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 King County is located at 111 Queen Anne Ave. North. It has 33 advisory board members.

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Salvation Army Seattle Advisory Board

Advisory Panel member	Affiliated Business, if Available
Mike Poth	N/A
Ted Buck	Frey Buck P.S.
Tom Buck	N/A
Aaron Cahoon	Lockton Companies
John Carlson	Talk Radio 570 KVI
Michael Carter	N/A
Aimee Coombs	N/A
John Diaz	King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention
Dan Edds	Praxis Solutions
Charlie Farra	Newmark
Joe Gong	N/A
Mark Gropper	Renton Housing Authority
Stace Grund	Tatley-Grund, Inc.
Jill Hashimoto	LMG, LLC
Bill Hayden	N/A
Steve Higgs	N/A
Debbie Jacobsen	N/A
David Kennedy	N/A
Dave Kraft	N/A
Paula Lamas	Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sharon Mast	N/A
John Mike	N/A
Jennifer Mount	N/A
Scott Phillips	N/A
Cheryl Pleas	N/A
Frank Podany	N/A
Matthew Rodrigues	N/A
Joe Schuster	N/A
Tim Searing	N/A
Colin Simon	N/A
Jeff Snell	N/A
Lee Stiles	N/A
Joleen Zanuzoski	N/A

Source: Metric Media News Service