Strike out this provision, and you will say to the children of this District: “There is a prejudice of color which we sanction; continue it; grow up with it in your souls.” And worse still, the prejudice which you sanction will extend from this centre over the whole country.
Sumner warns that allowing racial prejudice in education will have long-lasting negative effects on society.
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