A Letter from Charles Conn to Rhodes Scholars, 7 April 2015
With the debate at University of Cape Town around the statue of Cecil Rhodes still very active, and spilling over to other sites in South Africa, I wanted to send you a short note. There is a diversity of legitimate opinions around this issue, and we do not propose an official Rhodes Trust position. We expect that Rhodes Scholars around the world will want to find their own way of thinking about and addressing these questions and there is an active debate on the Rhodes Scholar Network. For those not aware of the debate, a piece from The Guardian provides a quick overview. We believe that it is important to bear in mind that the historical legacy of apartheid has left a complicated set of efforts to address its pervasive injustices, and this must take place in South Africa, by South Africans. 
