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into black consciousness?

No. But I have agreed to let him take me

to a black township. He'll educate me.

He's banned. How could

he take you anywhere?

I'm not sure.

- You really think this is worth the risk?

- The education of a white liberal?

If you get caught out of

your banning area, well...

All he might have to do is write

a letter to his board of directors.

I don't want them

to get you in a jail.

You tell David he promised

to finish that table today.

- I won't get caught.

- He gets no tea till he does.

I need some money

from the cash box.

No, you won't get caught, if some

paid informer doesn't run to the police.

It's in the drawer.

It's open.

We'll make a working man

of you yet, Steve Biko.

How do you want to do this?

Ask Thabo to come over.

I'll turn on the desk light.

Mapetla will occupy the

system for a few minutes,

I'll slip out,

Thabo will sit in my seat.

I'm glad I wasn't

your mother.

Now look, look, I was born

in a tribal homeland.

Transkei,

my dad had a store there.

I'm not half as uncomfortable

as you think.

As a liberal, if you had your way, you'd

be riding buses and taxis, just like us.

You tell me my days of white privilege are

numbered, so I'll enjoy them while I can.

Run, son, run.

It's a miracle a child

survives here at all.

Most of the women who have work

permits are domestic maids,...

...so they only get to see their kids

for a couple of hours on Sundays.

The place is full of drunks,

thuggery,...

...people so desperate for anything they'll

beat a kid bloody if he had five rand.

Was that kid you,

a few years ago?

Yeah.

Maybe more scared.

But if you do run

fast enough,...

...if you do survive, you grow up

in these streets, these houses.

Your parents try,

but in the end,

you only get the education

the white man will give you.

Then you go to the city

to work, or to shop,...

...and you see their streets,

their cars, their houses,

and you begin to feel there is something

not quite right about yourself,...

...about your humanity.

Something to do

with your blackness.

Because no matter how dumb or smart

a white child is, he's born into that world.

But you, the black child?

Smart or dumb,

you're born into this.

And smart or dumb,

you'll die in it.

I thought that most shebeen

queens were informers.

Yeah, they are. If they weren't, the police

would close down this place just like that.

But you see, it's only some things they

inform on. Others, they don't bother.

Anyway, we're ok here.

This one's wild about Steve.

You see, he has that

way with women.

He's very articulate.

Where did he get his education?

He's never been inarticulate,...

...but his father died, and when he was

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