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 the oppressor, then there will be nothing the oppressed can do to scare his powerful masters. Steven Biko More Quotes by Steven Biko More Quotes From Steven Biko We are concerned with that curious bunch of nonconformists who explain their participation in negative terms: that bunch of do-gooders that goes under all sorts of names - liberals, leftists, etc. These are the people who argue that they are not responsible for white racism and the country's 'inhumanity to the black man.' Steven Biko man black racism people We know that all interracial groups in South Africa are relationships in which whites are superior, blacks inferior. So as a prelude, whites must be made to realize that they are only human, not superior. Same with blacks. They must be made to realize that they are also human, not inferior. Steven Biko relationships realize africa know The press is largely directed at white society or the so-called electorate whose values are laced with racial prejudice against black people. Steven Biko black society white people I entered the University of Natal as a preliminary-year student in 1966 and stayed on to June 1972, when I was expelled from the university. I was then doing third-year medicine. Steven Biko student doing university medicine I would describe and I have described myself to people who ask as a freedom fighter. Steven Biko myself fighter freedom people