Letters: Aug. 26, 1985

Apartheid's Agony

To the Editors: A great deal has been said on the subject of apartheid, but your articles on the situation in South Africa were especially touching and coherent [WORLD, Aug. 5]. How can the whites in South Africa live with themselves? Their actions make me want to apologize for my race. Kirsten Groseclose Ridgewood, N.J.

I am sure I speak for a large percentage of white South Africans when I say that apartheid is abhorrent to us. We dream about a South Africa where everyone will have equal political rights. I see the changes now afoot as the start...

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