n this no-frills, no-fluff episode, Brother ha2tim gets surgical with language. Recorded from the Black Cave, not Ghana as originally planned, this message is rooted in clarity, disappointment, and truth.
Too often, the term “racist” gives folks room to dodge, deflect, or dilute the harm. But anti-Black? That’s direct. That’s accurate. That’s ours.
Ha2tim challenges us to sharpen our words, reclaim our focus, and name the harm exactly as it is. This isn’t just about vocabulary—it’s about power.
Episode 2956 drops May 31st — be ready to shift the way you speak and think.
#FromTheBlackCave #AntiBlackness #GNJMedia #NoFrillsNoThrills
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Too often, the term “racist” gives folks room to dodge, deflect, or dilute the harm. But anti-Black? That’s direct. That’s accurate. That’s ours.
Ha2tim challenges us to sharpen our words, reclaim our focus, and name the harm exactly as it is. This isn’t just about vocabulary—it’s about power.
Episode 2956 drops May 31st — be ready to shift the way you speak and think.
#FromTheBlackCave #AntiBlackness #GNJMedia #NoFrillsNoThrills
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gye-nyame-journey-show--179352/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
All right, family, Oh my goodness, we have done it again.
I'm pre recording, hopefully this time I'm in Ghana. But
let me set the scenario for you. I am presently
at this moment waiting for the arrival of my visa.
(00:25):
I have a few more days before my plane leave,
and before the plane leave, I have to cash in
the tickets or just totally lose all my bread. I
paid for myself and my family was going to Ghana,
and it has been oh man, a fever dream. Listen
(00:52):
starting with Walgreens if you are going to get the
pass but I would suggest not on the Walgreens. Walgreens
totally fucked me over the picture was I mean, the
picture seemed okay. I sent it in, it was rejected.
They sent the picture back. You know, I probably told
(01:13):
y'all this before they sent the picture back, which slowed
down my passport application, which helped extended maybe another three
possibly four weeks. I started the process of February. I
didn't get my passport until damn near May. I might
(01:37):
have been well into May. I need to apply for
my visa, and I expedited my visa application. I exploded
minds and my wife because it was a mix up
with hers and the way the old visas were timed
for people. The way it was on her visa, it
(02:03):
appeared that her visa was still good, but it wasn't good,
so we had to re send it in, so we
expedited it, and in expediting it, we still don't got them.
We missed the first flight. I had to pay extra
(02:23):
money to move the date because we had insurance, and
I want to I want to send shouts out to
a SAP. At first, I was mad at a SAP tickets,
but shit, that was one of the best deals out
of the whole thing because I had the insurance on
our international tickets and I was able to move my flight.
(02:45):
But it moved my flight. I can't move it no
more because I couldn't afford to put any more insurance
on the tickets because the insurance cost I ain't gonna
say as much as the tickets, but it will put
another thousand dollars on the tickets if I got them,
you know what I'm saying. So at this point in time,
(03:05):
I want to go to Kinda, but I don't want
to go to Ghana without any bread. You know, we're
still struggling over here, were in the struggle over here.
But anyway, we are on podcasts twenty nine to fifty five.
I want to apologize because I am mixing up the numbers.
This is twenty nine to fifty five. Last time I
said it was twenty nine to fifty one. I apologize.
(03:25):
We are on twenty nine to fifty five on according
I'm loving what I'm doing. Of course, you know. It's
no frills and no thrills. It's just brother had to
tell me and what what today? What I'm talking about
is I'm I'm throwing this out. Let's stop saying races
and start saying anti black, right, Let's stop saying races
(03:48):
and start saying anti black. So of course you know this.
Brother had tim episode twenty nine twenty nine fifty five
on Gami Journey Media. Hopefully when you hear this, I
will be in Ghana, right, it won't be live from Ghana.
(04:10):
And if I'm in Ghana, I will drop some live
shows while I'm over there. Nope, I'm not on the continent.
And if I'm don't go to continent more than like that,
I won't be doing a live streets unless y'all start
really liking these shows. And you know, Saint brother, I dial, man,
we want a live show, all right? Cool? I got you,
(04:33):
all right, Sunlight and clarity. Man, I've been doing a
lot of walking lately. This is late April, early mane.
Maybe it's the heat. It's real warm, late April, right.
Maybe it's been being able to move without Bill bundling up.
(04:57):
But my mind's been clear, and as I've been reflecting,
one thought keeps circling. We got to stop saying racist
and start calling it what it is, anti black. This
start hit me oufter watching a video of an air
woman breaking down Zionism. But before she even got started,
(05:18):
she paused and said, I'm choosing my words carefully because
I don't want to be called anti Semitic. Now that
struck me because anti Semitic is precise. It doesn't leave
room to for debate. It don't get softened with. It
doesn't get softened with. But I've got Jewish friends, or
(05:39):
I didn't mean it like that. It focuses the issue.
Compare that to racis too broad, too blurry. It's a
catch all. The less people dodge accountability. So again I asked,
why are we still using it? Here's the thing, family,
(06:02):
When we say anti racist, it closes the escape rounds.
Say racists, and folks throw out their diversity friends, their
job title there marched in twenty twenty Badge Marchan sixty eight.
But say anti are black, and now we're talking policy
practices and perceptions that specifically targets black people. We're naming
(06:27):
the harm done to us. It centers the conversation. When
we say racists, the convos start shifting. Well, that's about
the Latino community, what about Asians? What about white women.
I'm not saying those issues don't matter. I'm saying we
(06:47):
lose our focus. Anti black keeps the lens right where
it needs to be, at least for us. It calls
out internalized harm. Now it's important here where it gets uncomfortable.
A black person might not be racist in the white supremacists,
(07:10):
but they can be anti black. And some of us
know black people who are anti black. Some of them
are our friends, some of them are family. Yeah said it.
We see black folks in power and politics and entertainment,
even in the community, who push narratives and policies the
(07:31):
harmers just to stay close to the throne anti blackness
isn't always external. Sometimes it's homegrown. It protects the lane.
Every time we start to build the mittle, somebody else
tries to remix the movement. They take the mic, hijack
the platform, water down the message. But when we say
(07:53):
anti black, that door closes. Ain't no remix, ain't no
all lives. It's all about us. Languages power, see family.
Language ain't neutral. It shapes minds, It directs movement and movements.
If we keep calling everything racist, we're giving folks wound
(08:16):
room to wiggle, to explain, to justify. But when we
say anti black, we get precise, we get direct, we
get unapologetic. So I'm asking you to join me in
this shift. From now on, if something that's specifically targeting
or harming black, folks call it what it is. Say
anti black. Control the language, control the narrative, control the power.
(08:40):
This has been brother, ho tell bring you episode twenty five.
Hopefully I'm in the Motherland head, Oh, get gotta buddy,
Oh family, I'm I'm I'm sitting here in in United States,
(09:00):
and I'm like, oh, I should be in Ghana right now.
But it is what it is, and I'm gonna make
the best of it Now. I got an article coming
up about purpose and reason and finding the lessons even
when it's painful, and a lesson came through for me
(09:26):
to assist me in understanding or assist me in making
this bad situation into an opportunity. All right, But anyway,
if I'm out and abroad, I'll be streaming. If not,
we're gonna continue doing the shows like this. Of course,
we're gonna continue doing the shows like this. Remember I'm
(09:47):
releasing these onncle Umbas or Saturdays, and Famin, I want
to thank you this brother, I tell I am peace
All right, family, Oh my goodness, we have done it again.
I'm pre recording, hopefully this time I'm in Ghana. But
let me set the scenario for you. I am presently
at this moment waiting for the arrival of my visa.
(00:25):
I have a few more days before my plane leave,
and before the plane leave, I have to cash in
the tickets or just totally lose all my bread. I
paid for myself and my family was going to Ghana,
and it has been oh man, a fever dream. Listen
(00:52):
starting with Walgreens if you are going to get the
pass but I would suggest not on the Walgreens. Walgreens
totally fucked me over the picture was I mean, the
picture seemed okay. I sent it in, it was rejected.
They sent the picture back. You know, I probably told
(01:13):
y'all this before they sent the picture back, which slowed
down my passport application, which helped extended maybe another three
possibly four weeks. I started the process of February. I
didn't get my passport until damn near May. I might
(01:37):
have been well into May. I need to apply for
my visa, and I expedited my visa application. I exploded
minds and my wife because it was a mix up
with hers and the way the old visas were timed
for people. The way it was on her visa, it
(02:03):
appeared that her visa was still good, but it wasn't good,
so we had to re send it in, so we
expedited it, and in expediting it, we still don't got them.
We missed the first flight. I had to pay extra
(02:23):
money to move the date because we had insurance, and
I want to I want to send shouts out to
a SAP. At first, I was mad at a SAP tickets,
but shit, that was one of the best deals out
of the whole thing because I had the insurance on
our international tickets and I was able to move my flight.
(02:45):
But it moved my flight. I can't move it no
more because I couldn't afford to put any more insurance
on the tickets because the insurance cost I ain't gonna
say as much as the tickets, but it will put
another thousand dollars on the tickets if I got them,
you know what I'm saying. So at this point in time,
(03:05):
I want to go to Kinda, but I don't want
to go to Ghana without any bread. You know, we're
still struggling over here, were in the struggle over here.
But anyway, we are on podcasts twenty nine to fifty five.
I want to apologize because I am mixing up the numbers.
This is twenty nine to fifty five. Last time I
said it was twenty nine to fifty one. I apologize.
(03:25):
We are on twenty nine to fifty five on according
I'm loving what I'm doing. Of course, you know. It's
no frills and no thrills. It's just brother had to
tell me and what what today? What I'm talking about
is I'm I'm throwing this out. Let's stop saying races
and start saying anti black, right, Let's stop saying races
(03:48):
and start saying anti black. So of course you know this.
Brother had tim episode twenty nine twenty nine fifty five
on Gami Journey Media. Hopefully when you hear this, I
will be in Ghana, right, it won't be live from Ghana.
(04:10):
And if I'm in Ghana, I will drop some live
shows while I'm over there. Nope, I'm not on the continent.
And if I'm don't go to continent more than like that,
I won't be doing a live streets unless y'all start
really liking these shows. And you know, Saint brother, I dial, man,
we want a live show, all right? Cool? I got you,
(04:33):
all right, Sunlight and clarity. Man, I've been doing a
lot of walking lately. This is late April, early mane.
Maybe it's the heat. It's real warm, late April, right.
Maybe it's been being able to move without Bill bundling up.
(04:57):
But my mind's been clear, and as I've been reflecting,
one thought keeps circling. We got to stop saying racist
and start calling it what it is, anti black. This
start hit me oufter watching a video of an air
woman breaking down Zionism. But before she even got started,
(05:18):
she paused and said, I'm choosing my words carefully because
I don't want to be called anti Semitic. Now that
struck me because anti Semitic is precise. It doesn't leave
room to for debate. It don't get softened with. It
doesn't get softened with. But I've got Jewish friends, or
(05:39):
I didn't mean it like that. It focuses the issue.
Compare that to racis too broad, too blurry. It's a
catch all. The less people dodge accountability. So again I asked,
why are we still using it? Here's the thing, family,
(06:02):
When we say anti racist, it closes the escape rounds.
Say racists, and folks throw out their diversity friends, their
job title there marched in twenty twenty Badge Marchan sixty eight.
But say anti are black, and now we're talking policy
practices and perceptions that specifically targets black people. We're naming
(06:27):
the harm done to us. It centers the conversation. When
we say racists, the convos start shifting. Well, that's about
the Latino community, what about Asians? What about white women.
I'm not saying those issues don't matter. I'm saying we
(06:47):
lose our focus. Anti black keeps the lens right where
it needs to be, at least for us. It calls
out internalized harm. Now it's important here where it gets uncomfortable.
A black person might not be racist in the white supremacists,
(07:10):
but they can be anti black. And some of us
know black people who are anti black. Some of them
are our friends, some of them are family. Yeah said it.
We see black folks in power and politics and entertainment,
even in the community, who push narratives and policies the
(07:31):
harmers just to stay close to the throne anti blackness
isn't always external. Sometimes it's homegrown. It protects the lane.
Every time we start to build the mittle, somebody else
tries to remix the movement. They take the mic, hijack
the platform, water down the message. But when we say
(07:53):
anti black, that door closes. Ain't no remix, ain't no
all lives. It's all about us. Languages power, see family.
Language ain't neutral. It shapes minds, It directs movement and movements.
If we keep calling everything racist, we're giving folks wound
(08:16):
room to wiggle, to explain, to justify. But when we
say anti black, we get precise, we get direct, we
get unapologetic. So I'm asking you to join me in
this shift. From now on, if something that's specifically targeting
or harming black, folks call it what it is. Say
anti black. Control the language, control the narrative, control the power.
(08:40):
This has been brother, ho tell bring you episode twenty five.
Hopefully I'm in the Motherland head, Oh, get gotta buddy,
Oh family, I'm I'm I'm sitting here in in United States,
(09:00):
and I'm like, oh, I should be in Ghana right now.
But it is what it is, and I'm gonna make
the best of it Now. I got an article coming
up about purpose and reason and finding the lessons even
when it's painful, and a lesson came through for me
(09:26):
to assist me in understanding or assist me in making
this bad situation into an opportunity. All right, But anyway,
if I'm out and abroad, I'll be streaming. If not,
we're gonna continue doing the shows like this. Of course,
we're gonna continue doing the shows like this. Remember I'm
(09:47):
releasing these onncle Umbas or Saturdays, and Famin, I want
to thank you this brother, I tell I am peace
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