That they recognize and tend to perpetuate a cruel, unreasonable, and unchristian prejudice, which has been and is the source of untold wrong and injustice to that class of the community which we represent, is ample reason for their modification.
Sumner criticizes the laws that perpetuate racial prejudice, arguing they cause significant harm to the community.
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