But Harmon, whose wife is white, ran as the candidate of racial harmony.

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Its new, democratically elected government believed this approach was the best way to lay the foundation for future racial harmony.

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What is surprising, and encouraging for supporters of racial harmony, is that nearly half of Britons claim at least one close non-white friend.

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You cannot bring about racial harmony this way.

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For the conservative side, Justice Antonon Scalia said that he thought the Michigan system amounted to a quota, and questioned whether it furthered racial harmony if it upset many people who fell foul of its provisions.

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Similar inventiveness distinguishes the "racial harmony" panels: "The Underground Railroad" (white men helping runaway slaves to escape), "Opening Day at Talladega College" (newly freed slaves bartering animals and produce for tuition) and "The Building of Savery Library" (blacks and whites laboring together).

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Their message was racial harmony.

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Although he himself might not see it, he said, the day of racial justice and harmony in America would come.

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''But it sharply reminds us how easily a few thoughtless words can cause grave offence to many, and undermine our racial and religious harmony, '' he said.

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