Word: apartheld
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During the discussion of U.S. policies in South Africa, Randall Robinson of Trans Africa, a Black-American lobby group for Africa and the Caribbean criticized the U.S. government and businesses still doing business in the apartheld state, contending they have not divested because "it is one of the most profitable investments anywhere...
...comes as no surprise, then, that the U.S. Government has voiced approval of the constitution, given the shift in U.S. policy since the beginning of the Reagan Administration. Of 16 resolutions against apartheld presented in the United Nations Security Council, the U.S. voted 14. What is surprising is that the American people have remained uninformed in the face of such a policy shift. While the United Nations has condemned the South African regime, the U.S. government has invited "constructive dialogue" and U.S. companies believe that by keeping investments in South Africa a gradual change can be initiated...
Williams actual speech was an un-emotional and factual discussion of the political and economic situation under apartheld. He said there were five basic facts about conditions in South Africa: that non-whites outnumber whites by four to one; that non-whites have a majority in both urban and rural areas; that blacks are detribalized to a large extent, and are moving into urban areas; that the black population is increasing faster than the white population; and that industry, which is owned by whites depends on cheap, non-white labor
During the question period, the audience grew still more responsive. "There is no more apartheld in South Africa than in the United States," said Malcolm...
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