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What is the name of the character who justifies the present racial system as God's ordained plan?
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The character who justifies the present racial system as God's ordained plan is Old Ned. He preaches to his congregation that "white folks, with all their schooling, all their wealth, will most all fall into the everlasting inferno, while our race, lacking these vices and whose souls are more pure, most all will ascend to heaven."