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Steve Biko
15 quotes
“The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement as witness (3 May 1976)
“Even today, we are still accused of racism. This is a mistake. We know that all interracial groups in South Africa are relationships in which whites are superior, blacks inferior. So as a prelude whites must be made to realize that they are only human, not superior. Same with blacks. They must be made to realize that they are also human, not inferior.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement quoted in the Boston Globe (25 October 1977)
“You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Last Defenders of the Laager: Ian D. Smith and F.W. de Klerk (1985), by Dickson A. Mungazi, p. 204; also in "The Mind of Black Africa" (1996) by Dickson A. Mungazi, p. 159, and under "Ideas" in The Peng…
“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Black consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emerge from the black world for a long time.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Merely by describing yourself as black, you have started on a road towards emancipation; you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We regard our living together not as an unfortunate mishap warranting the introduction of protective barriers, but as a deliberate act of God to make us a joint community of brothers and sisters jointly involved in the quest for a composite answer to the varied problems of life.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change is these people who have lost their personality.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In time, we shall be in a position to bestow upon South Africa the greatest possible gift: a more human face.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Apartheid — both petty and grand — is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The logic behind white domination is to prepare the black man for the subservient role in this country. Not so long ago this used to be freely said in parliament, even about the educational system of the black people. It is still said even today, although in a much more sophisticated language. To a large extent the evil-doers have succeeded in producing at the output end of their machine a kind of black man who is man only in form. This is the extent to which the process of dehumanization has advanced.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The system concedes nothing without demand, for it formulates its very method of operation on the basis that the ignorant will learn to know, the child will grow into an adult and therefore demands will begin to be made. It gears itself to resist demands in whatever way it sees fit.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift—a more human face.”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must realise that prophetic cry of black students: "Black man you are on your own!”
Steve Biko (1946–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source