I think the central theme about black society is that it has got elements of a defeated society

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.

The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country

Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression.

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 man only in form. This is the extent to which the process of dehumanization has advanced.

A community is easily divide when their perception of the same thing is different

In all fields black consciousness seeks to talk to the black man in a language that is his own