“Harvard has done this before,” McGinn wrote.
Borowsky said that today’s divestment movement parallels those that preceded other decisions to divest, particularly the removal of funds from some companies that did business in apartheid South Africa.
“The apartheid divestment movement was huge,” Borowsky said. “It lasted for a decade.”
She added that today’s support for divestment from fossil fuels is growing even faster.
“I think it’s something that young people are really latching on to,” she said.
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