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Perhaps there is no clearer example of Thurmond's political agility than his relationship with the blacks who make up almost a third of the state's populations. In 1970, recently enfranchised blacks helped defeat a Thurmond protege: Albert Watson--after a blatantly racist gubernatorial campaign. Since then, Thurmond has made several highly visible gestures to woo blacks--sending his children to an integrated school, supporting full Congressional representation for the District of Columbia, steering some patronage to black leaders...
According to an official W.C.C. paper, the antiracism grants, admittedly token amounts, allow the council to "move beyond charity and involve itself in the redistribution of power." The anti-racist money, raised separately from regular W.C.C. dues, is earmarked for welfare purposes, not military spending, but the W.C.C. does not monitor its use. Opponents say the grants amount to a moral endorsement of terrorism. Even America's pro-ecumenical Christian Century editorialized that because the welfare grants merely free funds for war use, those backing the armed struggle in Rhodesia should be candid about their role as "vicarious doers...
...humans touched off the furor. Wilson speculated that the sexual division of labor is genetically based, genes may exist for homosexuality and spite, and a "loose correlation" is likely between genetically determined traits and worldly success. For his pains, Wilson was heckled, picketed and denounced as a sexist and racist...
...tragic circumstances of Biko's death underscore the brutally inhumane, coldly racist nature of John Vorster's apartheid regime. Biko has become a martyr, a symbol of the growing struggle against apartheid inside South Africa and around the world. We can only hope the outrage over his death hastens the day when the black majority in South Africa rules itself...
...tragic circumstances of Biko's death underscore the brutally inhumane, coldly racist nature of John Vorster's apartheid regime. Biko has become a martyr, a symbol of the growing struggle against apartheid inside South Africa and around the world. We can only hope the outrage over his death hastens the day when the black majority in South Africa rules itself...