Chapters II and III. Education of a Liberal

This chapter starts with Mr. Woods driving his way in a white Mercedes through the black township (banned area) because he has a meeting with Mr. Biko. In this meeting they mainly discuss about ideas, the government and the differences between the white and black world. Later Mr. Biko takes Mr. Woods through a journey to show him some buildings that were built by the black community, a church, a hospital, schools, etc. What Mr. Biko wants by doing so is making Mr. Woods aware of how different South Africa is for the black people than is for the white people. It shows that slavery was not abolished, it was just changed…

For example for a black person to live legally in a township, the white boss must sign a pass every month, the white government tells a black person which house to live in and what the rent is. Black people can never own a land or pass anything on to their children; the land belongs to the white man and so on. After reading these chapters the reader realizes that slavery was not abolished but transformed.

After experiencing all this, Mr. Woods starts looking South Africa from a different perspective, in the sense that he starts wondering if it is fair that his “white world” should be sustained by the misery and suffering of the “black world”.

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