Africans are all like wild savages and land-dwelling animals

"Also, observe that if the human species is deprived of education and training, it becomes poisonous. For what is the difference between African natives and American natives? These [African natives] are like cows that God has created in the form of humans, uncivilized and without intelligence and culture, while even in this journey, in the gatherings, schools, and churches of the blacks in Washington, detailed conversations like those of European intellectuals were taking place. So what is the difference between these two types of blacks except for one being in the lowest depths of ignorance and the other at the height of civilization?"

(Khiṭábát-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-ʻAbdu’l-Bahá, vol. 3, p. 48.)

"The inhabitants of a land like Africa are all like wild savages and land-dwelling animals that lack common-sense and knowledge. There is not a single wise and civilized person among them."

(Makatib-e Abdu’l-Bahá, volume 1, page 331 (published in Egypt))

Both quotes translated from Persian to English by ChatGPT.