Steve Biko is a young and good man. He is very intelligent and he has clearly ideas. Although he went to university to study. He wants all the people to respect one another. Black people white people so he wants that something changes, but without violence! It’s is very important for him.
Firstly Biko wants a better South Africa. With more equality than when he lives (now it’s better but not enough!) In his country, South Africa, the blacks are not the same power than the other. But although they are as intelligent as the white people, their salaries are smaller, go into school is harder, have a good job like Manphela is very difficult… (Only two black people have a bonus to study at university) And lot of other differences! Yet what said Biko is true but the whites don’t thing to the same way: “... whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior...” We can see that he understands the blacks are alone, they haven’t the help from others when he says: “Black man, you are on your own”. Anyway the blacks can found an exit themselves and he wouldn’t the help from the white people when he explains: “... They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves”.
Secondly Biko doesn’t like white liberals. They are happy in their Mercedes and at the same time a black works for him: cleaning his house or the street… Biko hates this inequality. It’s important because the inequality pushes him to think like that, to pushes him to do something for his population and country.
At end I think that Steve Biko wants black people have their own organisation. For example they have a hospital. In the book we can see that the blacks have a very good organisation and can work together. He thinks too that the blacks must do everything for having a better life and be proud of their. “You are either alive and proud or you are dead...”
But of course, it is better if everybody works together and helps the other (Black AND