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It's called disinvestment and it's not a new concept. For instance in years past, activists called upon companies to disinvest from apartheid South Africa. A
by wearywanderer 5y ago
It's called disinvestment and it's not a new concept. For instance in years past, activists called upon companies to disinvest from apartheid South Africa. Among those activists was a man you may have heard of, Barack Obama.
- u801e 5y agoThere's the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement [1]. A number of states in the US have passed laws or issued executive orders targeting participation in that movement [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sancti... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws
- wearywanderer 5y agoDoing the right thing isn't always easy, or legal.
- ArkanExplorer 5y agoBlack income, and income inequality, has worsened since the end of apartheid: https://www.nber.org/digest/jan06/why-south-african-incomes-declined https://www.nber.org/digest/jan06/why-south-african-incomes-... South Africa is heading towards being a failed state.