f equality. Each
one should endeavor to develop and assist the other toward mutual
advancement.... Love and unity will be fostered between you, thereby
bringing about the oneness of mankind. For the accomplishment of unity
between the colored and white will be an assurance of the world's peace."
"I hope," He thus addresses members of the white race, "that ye may cause
that downtrodden race to become glorious, and to be joined with the white
race, to serve the world of man with the utmost sincerity, faithfulness,
love, and purity. This opposition, enmity, and prejudice among the white
race and the colored cannot be effaced except through faith, assurance,
and the teachings of the Blessed Beauty." "This question of the union of
the white and the black is very important," He warns, "for if it is not
realized, erelong great difficulties will arise, and harmful results will
follow." "If this matter remaineth without change," is yet another
warning, "enmity will be increased day by day, and the final result will
be hardship and may end in bloodshed."

A tremendous effort is required by both races if their outlook, their
manners, and conduct are to reflect, in this darkened age, the spirit and
teachings of the Faith of Baha'u'llah. Casting away once and for all the
fallacious doctrine of racial superiority, with all its attendant evils,
confusion, and miseries, and welcoming and encouraging the intermixture of
races, and tearing down the barriers that now divide them, they should
each endeavor, day and night, to fulfill their particular responsibilities
in the common task which so urgently faces them. Let them, while each is
attempting to contribute its share to the solution of this perplexing
problem, call to mind the warnings of 'Abdu'l-Baha, and visualize, while
there is yet time, the dire consequences that must follow if this
challenging and unhappy situation that faces the entire American nation is
not definitely remedied.

Let the white make a supreme effort in their resolve to contribute their
share to the solution of this problem, to abandon once for all their
usually inherent and at times subconscious sense of superiority, to
correct their tendency towards revealing a patronizing attitude towards
the members of the other race, to persuade them through their intimate,
spontaneous and informal association with them of the genuineness of their
friendship and the sincerity of their intentions, and to master their
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