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For your own sakes never appear ashamed that your father was a “Kaffir” and that you inherit some African blood. It is every whit as good and as pure as that which flows in the veins of my fairer brethren.
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The speaker tells the addressees not to feel ashamed of having a father called a “Kaffir” or of inheriting African ancestry. The comparison with “my fairer brethren” rejects the idea that darker African blood is inferior or less pure than that of lighter-skinned people. The message is a direct affirmation of equal human worth across skin colour and ancestry.
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