Word: anti-apartheid
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Neil I. Koblitz '69, Picrce Lecturer on Mathematics and one of the writers of the alumni letter, said yesterday he believes "the letter will be a form of pressure to encourage Harvard to have an effective role in the anti-apartheid movement and to encourage others to do the same...
...gruesome realities of the apartheid system are not, per se, the subject of controversy at Harvard. Everyone here, at least in words, opposes apartheid. The questions before the Harvard community are: whether it is appropriate for Harvard to maintain investments in corporations which operate in South Africa; what the impact would be of a move to divest from such corporations; and how to weigh the contribution that action would make to anti-apartheid efforts against the possible financial losses to Harvard from changing its investment policy...
Such action by Harvard would boost the morale of the anti-apartheid; movement both in Africa and world-wide. Conversely, it would be a powerful blow to the arrogant self confidence of the Nationalists in South Africa. As Donald Woods, exiled South African newspaper editor and Harvard Nieman fellow, explained in a recent interview with The Crimson: The South African government has this belief that Uncle Sam will always bail it out. It looks upon Americans as basically white and believes that they'll think racially. It's my belief that until something is done that actually costs the United...
...argument of the anti-apartheid forces in South Africa is best summarized in the 1976 statement of the Christian Institute in South Africa...
...recognition of the virtual unanimity of anti-apartheid forces on this issue, many prominent American organizations have endorsed corporate withdrawal. They include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Congressional Black Caucus, the AFL-CIO Executive Council, the New York Times, and the National Council of Churches...