The Drive to Divest
I enjoyed your cover story on college divestment enormously
(NATIONAL AFFAIRS). It is encouraging to see college campuses
once again participating in the fight for justice and truth. I am
also pleased to report that, following two weeks of active dem-
onstrations and sit-ins, the trustees of the University of Wyo-
ming voted to divest themselves fully of all holdings in compa-
nies operating in South Africa.
ROCK SCHULER
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyo.
Before all college students start screaming "Divest," they
should look into their parents' and their own portfolios to make
sure that apartheid isn't sending them to school. I believe
everyone should divest. Apartheid is a disgusting and cruel
ideology. But, as with charity, divestiture begins at home.
LAUREN MACCARILLO
University of Montana
Missoula, Mont.
If, as you report, "divestiture could cost the University of
Texas up to $32.1 million each year," it is obvious that the chief
victim of divestiture is the university itself. As a student at a
school where every dollar is needed, I can't understand why - -
students at UT want to lose a large amount in scholarships,
endowments and grants and bring on cutbacks as a bad solution
to an awful problem. I sympathize greatly with the victims of
apartheid, but adding student suffering to theirs is not helping. -h a
DANNY CASILLAS
University of Texas
The commonly held assumption that divestment equals job
loss is too simplistic an equation. Black workers will of course be
severely hurt by divestment. But the generalized disruption of
the South African economy will hasten fundamental change. It
is for this reason that black workers, already oppressed and
exploited by apartheid, are prepared to pay the marginal extra
cost in suffering that divestment might involve-short-term When tgrew your teens, you grew
pain for long-term gain. For their own economic future in thei wyrteyoge
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Brown University
Providence, R.I.
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OCTOBER 1986
Richardson-Vicks Inc.1986