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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/black-consciousness-is-an-attitude-of-the-mind-and-a-way-of-life-the/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/merely-by-describing-yourself-as-black-you-have-started-on-a-road/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

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## More by Steven Biko

> [We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/we-do-not-want-to-be-reminded-that-it-is-we-the-indigenous-people-who/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/i-am-against-the-fact-that-a-settler-minority-should-impose-an-entire/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/the-wealth-of-the-country-must-eventually-be-enjoyed-by-people-of-the/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [When you say 'Black is beautiful' you are saying, 'Man you are okay as you are, begin to look upon yourself as a human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/when-you-say-black-is-beautiful-you-are-saying-man-you-are-okay-as/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [Black Consciousness seeks to infuse the black community with a new-found pride in themselves, their efforts, their value systems, their culture, their religion and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/black-consciousness-seeks-to-infuse-the-black-community-with-a-new/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude, but if one's mind is so manipulated and controlled by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/if-one-is-free-at-heart-no-man-made-chains-can-bind-one-to-servitude/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/the-blacks-are-tired-of-standing-at-the-touchlines-to-witness-a-game/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [In a bid for change, we have to take off our coats, be prepared to lose our comfort and security, our jobs and positions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/in-a-bid-for-change-we-have-to-take-off-our-coats-be-prepared-to-lose/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [The press is largely directed at white society or the so-called electorate whose values are laced with racial prejudice against black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/the-press-is-largely-directed-at-white-society-or-the-so-called/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [Sure there are a few good whites just as much as there are a few bad Blacks. However what we are concerned here with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/sure-there-are-a-few-good-whites-just-as-much-as-there-are-a-few-bad/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [Apartheid - both petty and grand - is obviously evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/apartheid-both-petty-and-grand-is-obviously-evil/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [We believe it is the duty of the vanguard political movement which brings change to educate people's outlook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/we-believe-it-is-the-duty-of-the-vanguard-political-movement-which/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [The black man has become a shell, a shadow of man, completely defeated, drowning in his own misery, a slave, an ox bearing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/the-black-man-has-become-a-shell-a-shadow-of-man-completely-defeated/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/it-becomes-more-necessary-to-see-the-truth-as-it-is-if-you-realise/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/to-a-large-extent-the-evil-doers-have-succeeded-in-producing-at-the/)

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