For

that some should rule and others be ruled is a thing not only
necessary, but expedient; from the hour of their birth, some are
marked out for subjection, others for rule...

Aristotle, Politics

...nature herself intimates that it is just for the better to have more
than the worse, the more powerful than the weaker; and in many
ways she shows, among men as well as among animals, and indeed
among whole cities and races, that justice consists in the superior
ruling over and having more than the inferior.

Plato, Gorgias

The prime cause, then, of slavery is sin, which brings man under
the dominion of his fellow -- that which does not happen save
by the judgment of God, with whom is no unrighteousness, and
who knows how to award t punishments to every variety of
oence.

St Augustine, The City of God, 19:15

for men of outstanding intelligence naturally take command,
while those who are less intelligent but of more robust
physique, seem intended by nature to act as servants;

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing
that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in
temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with
men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing
He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath
made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all
the face of the earth

Apostle Paul - New Testament

So God created man in his own image, in the

image of God created He him; male and female
created He them. [Genesis]

Miscegenation: Miscegenation comes from the

Latin miscere, "to mix" and genus, "kind". The word
was coined in the U.S. in 1863, and the etymology
of the word is tied up with political conicts during
the American Civil War over the abolition of slavery
and over the racial segregation of African-
Americans. The reference to genus was made to
emphasize the supposedly distinct biological
dierences between whites and non-whites,
though all humans belong to the same genus,
Homo, and the same species, Homo sapiens.

It is tting, therefore, that we take this occasion to

proclaim to the world the essential principles of
the faith by which we live, and to declare our aims
to all peoples. The American people stand rm in
the faith which has inspired this Nation from the
beginning. We believe that all men have a right to
equal justice under law and equal opportunity to
share in the common good. We believe that all
men have the right to freedom of thought and
expression. We believe that all men are created
equal because they are created in the image of
God.

I have a dream that my four little children will

one day live in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin, but by the
content of their character.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Racial prejudice is sin. The Biblical doctrines of creation

and redemption stress the equality of all men in the sight
of God. ... it is the duty of the Church to preach the whole
counsel of God [and] rebuke racial prejudice - Carl Henry


One of the greatest blots on the history of American
churches is the toleration of the prejudicial treatment of
minority races .... [rhetorical question] 'Would you want
your daughter to marry one of them [context 'a Negro']?
'In a word, Yes! Better that my daughter would marry a
believing Negro than a bigoted White - John Warwick
Montgomery

 Racism has been an issue since antiquity

Rooted in concept of superiorand inferior
All created in Gods image ... Descended

from one blood

Jesus: Blessed are the peacemakers
We must be champions of understanding that
all are equal