Prejudice of all kinds, whether pertaining to gender, race, religion or class, needs to be eliminated if society is to truly progress. The very notion that one group of human beings is superior to another because of ethnic or social differences is a poison that afflicts the life of our communities, dividing us and denying our true identity as noble beings.
Acceptance of the oneness of humanity demands that prejudice—whether racial, religious, or gender-related—must be totally eliminated. No ethnic or cultural grouping is superior to another. All receive God’s love in equal measure.
All religious, racial, patriotic and political prejudices are the causes of war and the destroyers of the edifice of humanity. All these must be discarded and abolished.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Consider the flowers of the garden; though differing in kind, color, form and shape, yet, inasmuch as they are refreshed by the waters of one spring, revived by the breath of one wind, invigorated by the rays of one sun, this diversity increaseth their charm and addeth unto their beauty.
O CHILDREN OF MEN!
Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created. Since we have created you all from one same substance it is incumbent on you to be even as one soul…Bahá’u’lláh