"You seem surprised. You're probably judging us by Earth standards. There, even good citizens supposedly, calling themselves Christians, practice forms of discrimination. They have no tolerance of other religious faiths; no tolerance of racial groups. Even in social life, clubs and other organizations by gentleman's agreement exclude certain races and creeds. In business a man's ability counts less than his social connections. This to us seems unfair." "But how can you eliminate such castes," I asked. "You have your principles of democracy," she answered. "If your people would follow them, even follow the principles of their religious creeds sincerely, intolerance, injustices, and bigotry would soon vanish. "I have learned in school the history of Earth through moving pictures taken from our television. We've used television for thousands of years. We actually see what has happened and what is now happening on your Earth. We have no white supremacy. Our white race has never wanted to enslave, exploit or govern our other races. We have no underprivileged groups of our own or any race. We have found it best for every race to permanently occupy and reside within the continent and climate where nature originally planted it and to have its own territory and sphere of influence. It takes all our races combined to amicably govern the inhabitants of our planet; we cooperate with each other, and compete in our achievements, for the benefit of us all. All our continents and races are amicably and completely interdependent. "Scientists, inventors, students, and teachers of one race often attend universities of other races to learn of their new discoveries and improved methods and mechanics. Ideas, information, and even machines are freely exchanged between our races. We equally share with other continents and races those natural, mineral, and other products, that we have, and they need. They do the same with us. We even ration among us the scarce products. Unlike your greedy nations, we do not forcibly grab or extort from other continents. "Each race has its own schools of all types, cultural, professional and trade. "There is equal representation in our Supreme Government Council. The President of our Council, or of Mars, can be either male or female and of any race. In fact, quite often our President is not of the white race. "Our other races are just as careful and as proud to maintain their purity of race as we are. Our laws in that respect are very strict all over Mars. All of us up to the tenth grade degree, including adult children of Sun-Rank members, on this globe have the same standard of living, and we are happy together; difference in race is no problem to us." "I certainly am impressed," I answered, "you people certainly solved that problem easily. You have done away with intolerance, and all the grievances of discrimination. Tell me more about your governing class."