Word: apartheid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only thing that all Blacks in South Africa have in common is that they hate apartheid...
...Apartheid has not yet been abolished. The need to maintain pressure on the South African government remains," said the statement, which was written by Themba Vilakazi, chairperson of the ANC's Executive Committee...
...Southern Africa Solidarity Committee insists that Harvard should divest because anti-apartheid South Africans want us to. Indeed, many prominent Black South Africans (including Harvard Overseer Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu) favor sanctions. No one really knows whether a majority of Blacks agree; public opinion surveys have produced conflicting results and are confounded by the fact that it is illegal in South Africa to advocate sanctions...
...wouldn't object to a civil war and the violent overthrow of the apartheid regime (and hey, it may not be such a bad idea), we should press for the total isolation and destruction of the South African economy. But then again, isn't the point of sanctions to resolve conflicts without resorting to military force? If we want a military solution, an outright invasion would doubtless be simpler and more cost-effective than inducing our adversary's citizens to rise up in revolt...
...Harvard students sincerely want a peaceful transition to majority rule in South Africa, we should support American economic involvement only insofar as it provides maximum empowerment and economic benefits to Blacks and minimum economic benefits to the apartheid state...