https://blackagendareport.com/essay-white-racism-and-black-consciousness-stephen-bantu-biko-1971
Truly remarkable how much of this applies today -
The philosophy of Black Consciousness, therefore, expresses group pride and the determination by the blacks to rise and attain the envisaged self. At the heart of this kind of thinking is the realisation by the blacks that the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Once the latter has been so effectively manipulated and controlled by the oppressor as to make the oppressed believe that he is a liability to the white man, then there will be nothing the oppressed can do that will really scare the powerful masters. Hence thinking along lines of Black Consciousness makes the black man see himself as a being, entire in himself, and not as an extension of a broom or additional leverage to some machine. At the end of it all, he cannot tolerate attempts by anybody to dwarf the significance of his manhood. Once this happens, we shall know that the real man in the black person is beginning to shine through.
This becomes very important when you consider in today's world - minimizing, distracting, diverting, manipulating, and leading people away from any realization of reality based on facts and evidence, are essentially what lies and propaganda for - they are a means of control.
It's only when we as human beings see this for what it really is, then collectively both become conscious, and taking decisive action can really happen.
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