Helen Suzman Quotes

To the South African parliament: I do not know why we equate - and with the examples before us - a white skin with civilization.

Helen Suzman

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• In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional, mums for the most part unable to cope, the fathers of these kids completely not in the scene.

  

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• To the South African parliament: I do not know why we equate - and with the examples before us - a white skin with civilization.

  

  Helen Suzman
  • Civilization
  • White
  • Example