Breanna McClarey’s Reviews > Biko: The powerful biography of Steve Biko and the struggle of the Black Consciousness Movement > Status Update

Of fucking course it was ONLY the U.S. and the UK who vetoed sanctions against South Africa in response to apartheid.

Damn the torture Peter Jones endured (and what we can assume ended up killing Biko) is awful I hate humanity so much sometimes how can people do that

“It is my belief that there are no national boundaries when the welfare of the family of humanity is grossly assaulted.”

Wow history really does repeat itself … the Afrikaner Nationalists winning a narrow victory by exploiting white fear and persuading enough white ppl that their identity could only be protected by applying apartheid. Then, once in power, they manipulated laws, enlarged the Senate unconstitutionally, passed bills removing anti-apartheid parliament reps, redrew voting districts, appointed their own judges, etc.

“To prevent people from being able to earn enough to pay high taxes, then to deny them rights because they don’t pay high taxes, is the height of cynicism.”

He’s popping off!!!

“The argument that whites built up South Africa and devil it into its present preeminence as a modern industrial state is also invalid, for not one single building or factory was ever built without black labor - and cheap black labor, at that, in most cases.”
STAND ON BUSINESS YEPPP

“Their version of Christianity, which justifies apartheid, is rejected by leaders and theologians of all the major Christian sects - and the Afrikaner Nationalists know it.”

“They [apartheid laws] are the result of polite caucus discussions by hundreds of delegates in sober suits, after full debate in party congress. They are passed after three solemn readings in a parliament that opens every day’s proceedings with a prayer to Jesus Christ. There is special horror in that fact.”

Mr. Kentridge has some crazy clap backs during the inquest oml

Fuck I’m not ready to start this section about Steve’s detention, torture, and death 😭😭