There is no distinction or preference for any soul, in the realm of His justice and equity. God did not make these divisions, these divisions have had their origin in man himself. Therefore, as they are against the plan and purpose of God they are false and imaginary. You would expect that the Baha'i community which has been nourished for over 150 years with these teachings, would be entirely free from racial prejudice. Yet it is not so.
Racial prejudice is a hard nut to crack.
When I visited Los Angeles Baha'i community in 1984, I was most amazed to find intolerable division on racial lines in the Baha'i community. I was not surprised to learn a month later that the Los Angeles Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly had been dissolved for its failure to adhere to the Baha'i law of racial unity. It is pleasing to realise that the United States Baha'i community is actively engaged in purifying itself of this endemic disease of racial discrimination and it needs to be emulated by all Baha'i communities around the planet. Here the destiny of America and of the Baha'i Faith are tightly kintertwined. The nation needs a model of interracial love and unity, based on the principle of the oneness of humanity, to restore confidence that race unity is possible and to give rise to new approaches to the organization of community life.