He urges you all to devote particular attention to the
contact with racial minorities. In a country which has such a large element of
prejudice against its coloured citizens as the United States, it is of the
greatest importance that the Bahá'ís -- and more especially the youth -- should
demonstrate actively our complete lack of prejudice and, indeed, our prejudice
in favour of minorities.
We cannot very well prosecute a teaching campaign
successfully in Africa if we do not in our home communities demonstrate to the
fullest extent our love for the people who spring from the African population!
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 11 November 1951 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to
the Louhelen School; the Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Youth)
