equences of their actions. I could not begin to evaluate or analyze the information given at the trial and do it justice, but in short it can be stated that Biko used his testimony to voice concern for black grievance. [Woods, 115] He also expressed the need for economic and social liberation from white oppression. His vision was not violent nor did it see the destruction of whites in South Africa. He saw the development of positive black thinking apart from the white, government enforced, cultural inferiority complex place on his people. He hoped to see this achieved without bloodshed."Even today, we are still accused of racism. This is a mistake. 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". [Biko]Biko was accused of forming a black force to over through the South African government. His views of race relations between blacks and whites in South Africa were based on his simple ideology: “The overall analysis, therefore, based on the Hegelian theory of dialectic materialism, is as follows. That since the thesis is a white racism there can only be one valid antithesis i.e. a solid black unity to counterbalance the scale. . . We can never wage any struggle without offering a strong counterpoint to the white races that permeate our society so effectively”. [Biko, 51] Biko continued working with black community programs and the Black People’s Convention even though he remained under South African custody after the trial. The Black People’s Convention was an activist sub-group of the South African Student Organization (SASO). On the night of August 17, 1977 Biko and his friend Peter Jones were stopped at a roadblock far from the restricted area Biko was confined to. He was ar...
