We'll admit you, but we suggest you stay away from the native quarters. You might be mistaken for one of them.

12 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - Peace Mediator classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:16:00 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Uh-huh. You came all the way from America to study here in Africa?

- On a fellowship.

- I see. We'd have no objection to your entering if we were sure you were here for peaceful purposes.

- What harm could I do?

- You could spread dissatisfaction among natives. In fact, our government believes that's why you're here.

- Are the natives so easily dissatisfied?

- Natives are always dissatisfied.

- We'll admit you, but we suggest you stay away from the native quarters. You might be mistaken for one of them.

- He remembered studying the colonial government that kept eight million people landless, locked in special quarters, barred from the streets and schools, restless and rioting...

- And he sought them out and talked to their teachers and editors, and went with an editor to his hotel...

- Clerk? I'd like air extra room tonight for my guest.

- Is he a Negro?

- The same as I.

- I mean, a native?

- He is.

- The hotels here don't take in native Africans. You'll have to take your friend somewhere else.

[...]

Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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