Carol Mansour was born in 1957 in Indianapolis, IN, in a religious Christian household and had little interaction with white Americans throughout her childhood. She worked as a broadcast journalist and met the Baha'is through a neighbor – eventually becoming a Baha'i herself. Carol later married an Iranian immigrant, Soheil, and is now active in her local Baha'i community and in raising awareness of race unity.
1.The only way to get to heaven
My church and community were so segregated that I was in high school before realizing the world wasn't mostly black.
2.A lack of diversity
The national conversation on race wasn't on my radar when I was growing up.
3.A variety of races
What attracted me was the Baha’i principle to actively work for the elimination of prejudice.
4.Giving God a deadline
I met Suhail and it was mutual disinterest at first sight. But when he hugged me I thought, “I could get used to this.”
5.The opposite of love isn't hate - it's apathy
If truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues, what does it look like to apply that to eliminating racial prejudice?
6.Resolving racism for the good of all humanity
The Baha’i writings say if we don’t address racism then the world will have nowhere to turn during its great turmoil.