Word: africas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MUCH as we would like to live in a world where issues can be labelled political or apolitical, life is not that easy. Issues such as investment in South Africa do not stay locked in their rooms. They slip under the cracks in the doors into all aspects of our lives...
...Warren focuses on the worth-while and so-called apolitical nature of the senior class gift. However, while the class gift may not appear to have anything to do with South Africa, it is not devoid of ethical and political implications. The commendable purpose of the class gift does not diminish the need to take a stand against injustice in South Africa...
...Endowment for Divestiture (E4D), created by members of the Class of 1983, provides seniors with the opportunity to use their position as potential class gift contributers for the expression of their dissatisfaction with Harvard's South Africa investment policies. Since 1983, alumni and seniors have continued to contribute to E4D--money which is invested in socially responsible companies by the Calvert Group...
...nothing obviously wrong with giving to the senior class gift. However, Warren himself acknowledges that all the sources for the University budget "are interconnected." The senior class gift is part of this pool of money, and a contribution to it cannot be apolitical because it funds investment in South Africa...
...white-ruled South Africa, progress toward racial equality is measured in tiny and often tentative steps. By that standard, State President P.W. Botha made a bold move last week when he outlined a plan for giving the black majority a modest voice in the government. Botha said he favored limited black participation in the Electoral College, which chooses the country's President every five years, and even hinted that blacks might eventually be appointed to his Cabinet...