Steven Biko Quotes

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
Steven Biko

Mind, Weapon, Oppressor

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
Steven Biko

Attitude, Black, Matter

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.
Steven Biko

Yourself, Fight, Black

So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.
Steven Biko

Human, Made, Same

You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.
Steven Biko

Care, Proud, Dead

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.
Steven Biko

Life, Time, Positive

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.
Steven Biko

Human, Black, Him

It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.
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Truth, Change, Lost

In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.
Steven Biko

Time, Greatest, Human

Black man, you are on your own.
Steven Biko

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Born: December 18, 1946

Died: September 12, 1977

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