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"The Vision of Race Unity"
The Vision Of Race Unity
America’s Most Challenging Issue
A Statement by the National Spiritual Assembly
of the Bahá’ís of the United States
Racism is the most challenging issue confronting America. A nation whose ancestry
includes every people on earth, whose motto is E pluribus unum, whose ideals
of freedom under law have inspired millions throughout the world, cannot continue
to harbor prejudice against any racial or ethnic group without betraying itself.
Racism is an affront to human dignity, a cause of hatred and division, a disease
that devastates society.
Notwithstanding the efforts already expended for its elimination, racism continues
to work its evil upon this nation. Progress toward tolerance, mutual respect,
and unity has been painfully slow and marked with repeated setbacks. The recent
resurgence of divisive racial attitudes, the increased number of racial incidents,
and the deepening despair of minorities and the poor make the need for solutions
ever more pressing and urgent. To ignore the problem is to expose the country
to physical, moral and spiritual danger.
Aware of the magnitude and the urgency of the issue, we, the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, speaking for the entire U.S.
Bahá’í community, appeal to all people of goodwill to arise without further
delay to resolve the fundamental social problem of this country. We do so
because of our feeling of shared responsibility, because of the global experience
of the Bahá’í community in affecting racial harmony within itself, and because
of the vision that the sacred scriptures of our Faith convey of the destiny
of America.
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