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From: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: South African Blacks
Message-ID: <76@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 23:44:06 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 25 23:44:06 1985
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Reply-To: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
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In article <1534@utcsri.UUCP> vassos@utcsri.UUCP (Vassos Hadzilacos) writes:
>As for the economic state of what you call "neighbouring dictatorships",
>that is primarily due to the legacy of centuries of colonialism
>and, to no small part, to SA's policies itself. 

It would appear that there is more to the situation than merely the 
legacy of centuries of colonialism. The (former) British West Indies 
were also British colonies for centuries, yet these independent 
island nations are now, for the most part, thriving democracies.

J.B. Robinson