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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 6. April 4 1977

Rejoinder to Apartheid

Rejoinder to Apartheid.

Sir,

Congratulations and bouquets of rhubarb to Mr Lowe for daring to stand up and make himself heard above the bleating of the anti-apartheid sheep. However, he is mistaken.

It is true that the citizens of Uganda, for example, are as oppressed under black majority rule as the South Africans are under a white minority rule. All that proves is that there are as many black tyrants, fools, and perverts as there are white; a man's character bears no direct relation to his race.

At the same time being martyred or oppressed does not necessarily make a man virtuous. There are as many racists in the Bantu lands as there are in Vorster's Government, but just because those people are downtrodden, they have no more 'right' to be racist than anyone else.

I believe apartheid as it is practised in South Africa is wrong—not because it means black men are being oppressed by white but because it means human beings are being denied their democratic right. I oppose Idi Amin's rule for the same reason. It is interesting that hardly anyone has seen fit to agitate about that too.

The Brigadier.

Dear Sir,

Lowe should realise a spoon stirs better with a pot beneath it and something constructive in the pot.

Too Low for Comfort.