why u should say u r black

[evanovitch]

"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."

The Definition of Black Consciousness, I Write What I Like, 1978.

[evanovitch]

Re: why u should say u r black

"It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality. The first step therefore is to make the black man come to himself; to pump back life into his empty shell; to infuse him with pride and dignity, to remind him of his complicity in the crime of allowing himself to be misused and therefore letting evil reign supreme in the country of his birth."

We Blacks, I Write What I Like, 1978.

[evanovitch]

Re: why u should say u r black


"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
Speech in Cape Town, 1971


"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."
From Steve Biko's evidence given at the SASO/BPC trial, 3 May 1976.


"Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude."
The Definition of Black Consciousness, I Write What I Like, 1978.

[blugiant]

Re: why u should say u r black

sum peeps wandar y mii prefer blakk ova afrikkans widdout ovatandinn y sum blakk peeps born pon da madderland ave issue widd blakkness ann afrikkanness. y sum afrikkans ave issues widd blakkness iss cah sum aff dem transplanted peeps inn afrikka ar natt blakk. y sum blakk peeps ave issue widd africa iss dat de wurd africa iss a slur inn certain afrikkans languages. sum blakks inn afrikka kno da wurd africa means burning soul. itt natt wat dem cawl yu butt wat yu anwsar to

da issue fe mii iss dat mii tink blakk affers more unity fe da melanin peeps woo knoo demselves