RACIAL PREJUDICE & RACIAL JUSTICE
The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord. If you meet those of different race and colour from yourself, do not mistrust them and withdraw yourself into your shell of conventionality, but rather be glad and show them kindness. Think of them as different coloured roses growing in the beautiful garden of humanity, and rejoice to be among them. (`Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, pp. 53.)
COVER LETTER FROM LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY:
July 14, 2020 Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Scottsdale Cover Letter on: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Assembly-re-National-Statement-June-19-Cover-Letter.pdf
LETTERS FROM OUR NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY:
June 19, 2020 Statement from the National Spiritual Assembly: https://www.bahai.us/path-to-racial-justice/
February 25, 2017 Compilation on Five Year Plan & Race Unity: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Compilation-NSA-on-America-and-the-FYP-and-Race-Unity.pdf
The Vision of Race Unity, issued 1991: https://www.bahai.us/the-vision-of-race-unity-americas-most-challenging-issue/
Order a Physical Copy, The Vision of Race Unity: https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Vision-of-Race-Unity-Originally-795-P6210.aspx
DOCUMENTS FROM THE BAHÁ’Í INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, UNITED NATIONS OFFICE:
Protection of Diversity: https://www.bahai.org/documents/bic/consultation-protection-diversity
Elimination of Racial Discrimination: https://www.bic.org/statements/international-day-elimination-racial-discrimination
Impact of Racism on Women: https://www.bic.org/statements/impact-racism-women
Prevention of Discrimination & Protection of Minorities: https://www.bic.org/statements/prevention-discrimination-and-protection-minorities
“One Same Substance: Consciously Creating a Global Culture of Unity”: https://www.bic.org/statements/one-same-substance-consciously-creating-global-culture-unity
Combating Racism, part 1: https://www.bic.org/statements/combating-racism
Combating Racism, part 2: https://www.bic.org/statements/combating-racism-0
Combating Racism, part 3: https://www.bic.org/statements/combating-racism-1
Eliminating Racism: https://www.bic.org/statements/eliminating-racism
UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE COMPILATIONS:
Universal House of Justice, 1996 to 2020, on Race Unity: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Compilation-UHJ-on-Race-Unity-1996-2020.pdf
July 22, 2020 To Bahá’ís of United States: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200722-UHJ-to-Bahais-of-the-US-English.pdf
February 4, 2018 Uprooting Racism in America: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2018.02.04-UHJ-on-uprooting-problem-of-racism-in-america.pdf
December 27, 2017 Eliminating Religious Prejudice: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2017.12.27-UHJ-eliminating-religious-prejudice.pdf
April 10, 2011 Eliminating Racial Prejudice & the Framework For Action: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2011.04.10-UHJ-on-eliminating-racial-prejudice-and-framework-for-action.pdf
Promise of World Peace, extract from Message from the Universal House of Justice, October 1985: https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/the-universal-house-of-justice/messages/19851001_001/1#111768105
OTHER RELEVANT TEXTS:
Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice: https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/advent-divine-justice/