To bring this hope to fruition, we are compelled daily to turn more and more to a conscientious study of the phenomena of race-contact,—to a study frank and fair, and not falsified and colored by our wishes or our fears.
This passage advocates for an honest and unbiased examination of race relations, free from personal biases or anxieties, to achieve a better future.
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