Silence or Resistance

Destinee 2022-10-16 02:37:42

Escape from Pretoria

Racial discrimination still exists to this day.

Deep-rooted, but has been shaken by predecessors.

The police fired their guns at the child like a rabbit.

The black people kept fleeing, and there were bursts of gasps and exclamations in the street;

White people bask in the warm sun on the beach and drink iced drinks.

The blacks and whites who tried to resist,

Use propaganda bombs to blow up more than a dozen bags of thought papers.

"Spread the message that freedom and equality for all races should be fought for at all costs."

But this price is too heavy.

Tim, a white South African, with his friends,

He was jailed as a terrorist for his participation in the secret anti-apartheid campaign of the African People's Congress in 1978.

This is a real jailbreak event.

They observed the lock, looked at the metal keys on the guard's waist, made wooden keys, and hid them in every corner of the prison.

Under the bookshelf, in the laundry tub, in the tooth cup.

They finally made up their minds and opened one iron door after another,

Pry open the last white wooden door to the light.

They were happy, but cautious.

Carrying their little blue car, they headed for the infinitely extended loess road.

The largest manhunt in South African history ensued.

They crossed the border to Mozambique, Tanzania and then to London.

There they rejoined the African National Congress of South Africa and continued their opposition to apartheid.

They remained on the run until they were pardoned in 1991.

This global fight against oppression and injustice began in 1992,

It ended with the disintegration of apartheid.

During the trial, the judge said:

"This country has cultivated you, nurtured you, and met all your needs, yet you repay like this?"

For us, who are already living in a relatively egalitarian era, it is difficult to understand.

And there are still many inequalities that remind us all the time.

Those who were caught and imprisoned:

"We are all prisoners of conscience." "We are prisoners of war."

Someone has to act as the victim to show how legitimate the actions of the jailers are.

"I'm not ashamed that I'm black."

They don't want everything they have, important status is shaken by black people.

After all, if you want to decentralize, the feeling of being superior to others is not very obvious.

Whether radical or conservative,

They are all fighting the world in their own way.

"You don't have to know everything, you just need to know just right.

You start with what you know and do the opposite. "

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Escape from Pretoria quotes

  • Denis Goldberg: Don't run away, stay and fight!

    Tim Jenkin: [holds up a key] This is how we fight!