Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
Steven BikoBlack Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.
Steven BikoI am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.
Steven BikoWe 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.
Steven BikoThe myth of integration as propounded under the banner of the liberal ideology must be cracked because it makes people believe that something is being achieved when in reality the artificially integrated circles are a soporfic to the blacks while salving the consciences of the few guilt-stricken whites.
Steven Biko