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Menell argues that the only solid reason not to divest is that it would eliminate the leverage and influence which America currently has on conditions in South Africa. Although, she says, the young radical Blacks would call it "bullshit and propaganda" American dollars are funding "some very exciting things" like housing and education for the Blacks...
...Harvard to assist in. "The illiteracy problem has to be dealt with on a more personal level. For people to go down there and try to educate Blacks on an individual basis would have far greater positive effects than just turning the screws," she says, adding "rather than divest. Harvard should investigate ways in which it can further aid in the education of South African Blacks...
...most radical prescription comes from Fox, who suggests that the United States divest completely and channel millions of dollars into the country through the African National Congress to help them in their struggle for power. "I'd he perfectly happy if every Black in South Africa got up tomorrow morning and killed every white because that's the only way apartheid will end," he says. "Of course you'd have chaos for awhile, but the country would survive. Since that won't happen, the United States should financially support any legitimate Black uprising...
During his 12 years in office, President Bok's most widely publicized statements about South Africa have primarily been his defense of the University's refusal to divest from companies conducting business in South Africa. In two separate open letters on the subject, Bok has presented the University's logic in opposing divestiture, which his most recent open letter last month called "a costly and ineffective way of lighting apartheid...
Should the University divest from certain companies doing business with South Africa...