Among the institutions Steiner said firmlyasked for interns were two predominately whiteuniversities, the University of Cape Town and theUniversity of Witswatersrand, as well as apredominately non-white school, the University ofWestern Cape. He also said several private schoolswant interns, including the St. Barnabas College,the Woodmede School, St. Joseph's, and St.Alban's, which have substantial Black enrollments.
These institutions join the list of nineeducational organizations which had alreadyexpressed interest in interns and sparked the SASCreport. SASC criticized all but one of thoselisted and suggested other schools and programswhich genuinely help Blacks.
Two of the organizations mentioned by Steineryesterday were among those proposed by SASC,including Black Sash, a white run civil rightsgroup, which Steiner said definitely wantsinterns. Another civil rights group mentioned bySteiner was the Legal Resources Center, which hasalready had Law School interns.
"The list of organizations [interested ininterns] still has not gotten beyond those headedand funded by white liberals," said Damon A.Silvers '86, the author of the SASC report. Hesaid he felt that sending interns to some of theinstitutions Steiner met with recently would beslightly more beneficial to Blacks, but added thatthey were basically similar to those on theprevious list.
Silvers also called on Steiner to make publicexactly who he spoke with in South Africa so "thecommunity could properly evaluate his efforts."Silvers said he believes many Black South Africansdo not approve of the internship program and thatSteiner may not have spoken with political leadersof the Black community.
Steiner said he felt his primarily goal inSouth Africa was to meet with educators, notpoliticians