Topic > Causes and effects of Steve Biko and The Black...

Biko was inspired by these two leaders and shaped many of his perspectives after the ideology of these two men. According to Biko's ideology, being black and suffering segregation, discrimination and abuse, ignoring the apartheid system and colonialism, was supposed to be something to be proud of as a black human being like people fighting for the right cause, and will be always on a global level. seen right at the end. Steve Biko had seen two factors as the root cause of their weakness in the community. The first factor was psychological liberation and the second factor was physical liberation. The purpose in raising such awareness of psychological liberation is for people to implement and lead black liberation movements across the country. So, in doing so, the black liberal community would be ignoring the non-racism of the ANC. Biko had always underlined his concern to respond to a racist society. He had always maintained that to overcome a racist society, black people must first liberate themselves and gain psychological, physical and political power before any other non-racist organization could act. At times Biko preferred non-violent tactics and strategies, due to his belief in the tactics of MK Gandhi and Martin Luther King. Biko was a very intelligent man. He had grasped and understood the political control of the government and the military support that the apartheid regime enjoyed. So the non-violent strategy proposed by Biko was a very well thought out move. For Biko, black South Africans were made up of 3 racial sects, including: Indians, Coloureds, and Blacks. Steve Biko's belief that black South Africans are made up of 3 sects is due to the damage caused by apartheid regimes also to other racial communities. They were kind of in the same boat and Steve Biko, one of the strongest leaders of the time, decided to do it. reach out to everyone so that