We Believe In The Inherent Goodness Of

I Am Against The Fact That A Settler Minority Should Impose An Entire System Of Values On An Indigenous People.

At The Time Of His Death, Biko Had A Wife And Three Children For Which He Left A Letter That Stated In One Part: “i've Devoted My Life To See Equality For Blacks, And At The Same Time, I've Denied The Needs Of My Family. Please Understand That I Take These Actions, Not Out Of Selfishness Or Arrogance, But To Preserve A South Africa Worth Living In For Blacks And Whites.

We Do Not Want To Be Reminded That It Is We, The Indigenous People, Who Are Poor And Exploited In The Land Of Our Birth. These Are Concepts Which The Black Consciousness Approach Wishes To Eradicate From The Black Man's Mind Before Our Society Is Driven To Chaos By Irresponsible People From Coca-cola And Hamburger Cultural Backgrounds.

What Black Consciousness Seeks To Do Is To Produce Real Black People Who Do Not Regard Themselves As Appendages To White Society. We Do Not Need To Apologise For This Because It Is True That The White Systems Have Produced Through The World A Number Of People Who Are Not Aware That They Too Are People.

Black Consciousness Is An Attitude Of The Mind And A Way Of Life, The Most Positive Call To Emanate From The Black World For A Long Time. Its Essence Is The Realisation By The Black Man Of The Need To Rally Together With His Brothers Around The Cause Of Their Oppression - The Blackness Of Their Skin - And To Operate As A Group To Rid Themselves Of The Shackles That Bind Them To Perpetual Servitude.