What are the Bahai teachings regarding racism and prejudice?
The unity of humankind is a fundamental principle of the Baha’i Faith, therefore, racism and prejudice are utterly condemned. The Universal House of Justice, the highest administrative body of the Baha’i Faith wrote: “Racism, one of the most baneful and persistent evils, is a major barrier to peace. Its practice perpetrates too outrageous a violation of the dignity of human beings to be countenanced under any pretext. Racism retards the unfoldment of the boundless potentialities of its victims, corrupts its perpetrators, and blights human progress. Recognition of the oneness of mankind, implemented by appropriate legal measures, must be universally upheld if this problem is to be overcome.” — The Universal House of Justice, The Promise of World Peace.
