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Reading excerpts of the document shows the value the modern Church places on the equal treatment of all peoples. By definition, the document says, governments should protect human rights; countries that practice "institutionaized racism" are therefore illegitimate...
...statement, which is not a papal encyclical but simply an advisory document put out by the Church's Pontifical Commission on Peace and Justice at the Pope's request, condemns South Africa by name for its apartheid system. It also calls on the South African regime to overcome the prejudices which motivate it so it may "build the future on the principle of the equal dignity of every person...
...contrast to South Africa, the Church document cites the United States as a place where society has "found increased vitality in the melting pot cultures." But the document also points to latent racial tensions in American society that express themselves when "exaggerated nationalism" degenerates into "xenophobia or even racial hatred...
...definitely an argument to be made that the petition did not actually reflect student opinion, since it stated the plan incorrectly. Freshmen signed the petition under the misimpression that it represented the true lottery plan, and no one on the Undergraduate Council bothered to correct the mistakes before the document reached administrators' desks...
...petition's organizers should have made sure they fully understood the provisions of the new lottery plan before attempting to explain it to their freshmen signers. But it is nothing less than irresponsible for the council not to make any effort to correct the mistake before furthering the document, particularly when council members sit on the student-administrator committee which debated the masters' plan with Jewett. To have failed to do so was a grave disservice to the freshmen who signed the petition in good faith, and an embarrassment to a council which claims to be actively representing student interests...