The commentary by Charles Cobb appeared in a number of local and Black paper. It likens President Reagan's telling Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu that things are getting better in South Africa and insisting on his "constructive engagement" policy approach to President Roosevelt telling Jewish leaders that the U.S. was urging Hitler to make constructive changes toward the Jewish population. Of course, Roosevelt would not have done this. The commentary mentions the South African government's murder in the majority-Black population, the relocation of thousands of Africans to desolate "homelands," U.S. corporate investment, massive protest and jailings occurring at the South African...
The commentary by Charles Cobb appeared in a number of local and Black paper. It likens President Reagan's telling Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu that things are getting better in South Africa and insisting on his "constructive engagement" policy approach to President Roosevelt telling Jewish leaders that the U.S. was urging Hitler to make constructive changes toward the Jewish population. Of course, Roosevelt would not have done this. The commentary mentions the South African government's murder in the majority-Black population, the relocation of thousands of Africans to desolate "homelands," U.S. corporate investment, massive protest and jailings occurring at the South African Embassy and Consulates in the U.S., prisoners, the release of 11 jailed Black labor leaders in South Africa, and "quiet diplomacy."
