San Jose Standard

Officials of the Silicon Valley 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 Silicon Valley 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 Silicon Valley is located at 359 N. Fourth St. in San Jose. It has 19 advisory board members.

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Salvation Army Silicon Valley Advisory Board

Advisory Panel member	Affiliated Business, if Available
Majors Roy	County Coordinators
Paula Wild	County Coordinators
Keith Goodwin	N/A
Eric Anderson	N/A
Hank Bataille	Retired Banker
Brandt Brereton	N/A
Richard Crowley	N/A
Brandon Picone	N/A
Greg Von Gehr	N/A
Richard Walker	N/A
Karen Walker	N/A
Glenn Gramling	N/A
Earl Thompson	N/A
David Down	Down Properties
Bobby Greenberg	Prism Technologies Inc.
Kathy Ames	CA Great America FMC Division
Ron Keffer	N/A
James Ma	SIUI America Inc.
John Housley	N/A

Source: Metric Media News Service