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Officials of the Nashville 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 Nashville 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 Nashville is located at 631 Dickerson Pike. It has 43 advisory board members.
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Salvation Army Nashville Advisory Board
| Advisory Panel member | Affiliated Business, if Available |
| Tom Stumb | Truxton Trust |
| Bob Britton | Business Consultant |
| Jeff Gray | Specialty Care |
| John Anderson | Community Volunteer |
| Charles Bryan | Bryan Financial Services, Inc. |
| Helen Cummings | Community Volunteer |
| Paul Davidson | Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis |
| Ronald Davis | Trevecca Nazarene University |
| William Denny | Denny Properties |
| Ben Gambill Jr. | Community Volunteer |
| Ralph Glassford | Community Volunteer |
| Daniel Green | HCA Healthcare |
| Drew Hart | Inflammo |
| Sam Harwell | Big Time Toys |
| Jane Haynes | Community Volunteer |
| Robert Hilton | Community Volunteer |
| Anthony Holmes | Community Volunteer |
| Rob Hoskins | DVL Public Relations |
| Jeff Jarrett | WWE |
| Walker Mathews | R.C. Mathews Contractor |
| Rod McDaniel | S3 Recycling Solutions |
| Lynn McPheeters | Community Volunteer |
| Derek Miller | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Ric Miller | Willis of Tennessee |
| Dortch Oldham Jr. | Keller Williams Realty |
| Sidney Pilson | Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, PC |
| Steve Pusey | Trevecca Nazarene University |
| Douglas Remke | First Bank |
| Paula Roberts | Belmont University |
| Lynn Scarola | Community Volunteer |
| W. E. Sheriff | American Retirement Corporation |
| Cathy Shull | Community Volunteer |
| Rod Spann | Truxton Trust |
| Abby Spaulding | Community Volunteer |
| Jimmy Spradley | Standard Candy Company (Retired) |
| Terry Stengel | Community Volunteer |
| Roddy L. Story | Tennessee Bank & Trust |
| Tom Stumb | Truxton Trust |
| Joy Styles | Community Volunteer |
| William E. Turner Jr. | Merrill Lynch |
| Randy Wolcott | North Star Real Estate Advisors |
| Carolyn Yates Rambo | Pinnacle Asset Management |
| Dana Zelenik | Community Volunteer |
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