Kaffir Boy Identity Quotes

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Quote #10

"I always knew you would end up going to America," he [Mr. Montsisi] said.

"Is that so?"

"You're an unusual type," he said. "You believe in yourself. That's what we blacks as a nation need. Faith in ourselves. We believe too much of what the white man tells us about ourselves, and the results of that have been disastrous: whites are running our country." (53.155-157).

Partly because of his mother and grandmother's encouragement, Mark has kept his determination to do what he needs to do to save himself from apartheid. Mr. Montsisi points out that self-confidence has allowed him to do it.