Breaking the Boy Code - February 05, 2025


Boys of Colour Do a Poetry Slam

Topics
racism and poetry slam privilege and power
The Strengths of Black and South Asian Boys The Best and Worst Thing About Being a Boy

Episode Stats


Length

6 minutes

Words per minute

146.73

Word count

958

Sentence count

64

Harmful content

Toxicity

19

sentences flagged

Hate speech

11

sentences flagged


Transcript

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00:00:00.000 we did our spoken word yeah we did nice i want to hear it i got a level four i got a level four
00:00:10.780 okay we have to can we do that next week can we hear your what'd you write your poem about 0.96
00:00:14.720 i um i wrote about systemic racism shit and uh mine is about racism like 0.96
00:00:21.800 how like the racism flows i forgot what mine was okay we've got to do a slam we'll do i'll do one 0.98
00:00:27.460 All three of you will do one.
00:00:44.960 I heard back in one of the first recording sessions that we did together
00:00:48.600 that our group of boys had written spoken word poems
00:00:52.020 as part of a school assignment.
00:00:54.060 is. Poems where they reflected on their identities and experiences, where they sort of shared about
00:01:03.680 their perspective on racism and their expectations for the past, the present, the future. There was
00:01:08.720 a lot of pride in their voices as they talked about this poetry. And so I said we'd come back
00:01:15.320 the next week and record their poems so that the world could hear them speak from the heart.
00:01:19.740 I've compiled them together as a bonus episode
00:01:23.280 and I'll try to throw the video on Instagram as well
00:01:25.580 that's at boypodcast on IG
00:01:27.900 I don't want to interrupt the flow once we get started
00:01:31.820 so I'll say just at the onset
00:01:33.900 first you'll hear from Bet Sayal
00:01:35.580 then Sadiq, then Yoel
00:01:37.940 and finally from Akshayin
00:01:39.840 enjoy
00:01:49.740 all right let's go all right let's go all right three two one go the world has made me thankful
00:02:03.460 to be alive and to acknowledge that i'm really that guy and it makes me want to fly even though
00:02:09.320 they're poison in the sky but i won't cry because i'll take a piece of the pie but now let's put
00:02:14.740 All these jokes to the side.
00:02:16.660 But for real, there's a lot of confusion.
00:02:19.560 Is this an illusion?
00:02:22.020 Nah.
00:02:23.100 In this scenario, it's exclusion.
00:02:25.160 And it's scary because I don't want to see the conclusion. 0.51
00:02:28.340 Because they see a black male walking in a white neighborhood and sending to an intrusion? 0.95
00:02:33.200 Man, that's whack. 0.99
00:02:34.560 Y'all do all that just because we're black? 0.92
00:02:36.920 And it's crazy because we ain't even attacked.
00:02:42.880 I'm still proud.
00:02:44.740 I'm still proud to go up in front of a crowd and yell out loud that I'm black and there's no going back. 0.99
00:02:50.800 And if you have a problem with that, maybe you should get slapped. 0.99
00:02:53.620 It's as simple as that. 0.95
00:02:55.140 Okay, maybe I'm playing.
00:02:57.060 But do y'all know what I'm saying?
00:03:00.420 It's the reality.
00:03:02.340 We still go through police brutality with all these fatalities.
00:03:06.620 Like I've said before, this has to stop. 1.00
00:03:09.720 Just because you're a white, it doesn't put you on top. 0.99
00:03:13.280 I mean, how would you feel if he swapped? 0.73
00:03:16.100 Do you know how it feels to get popped by the cops? 0.95
00:03:19.260 A black male got shot. 0.97
00:03:21.020 His organ stopped.
00:03:22.960 Did that hit you over the top?
00:03:26.640 It's a tragedy.
00:03:28.380 But as crazy as it may seem, once again, that is actually reality.
00:03:33.400 Thunder bolt caught easily as I'm spreading truth peacefully.
00:03:42.500 Three, two, one.
00:03:52.340 The world has made me feel disappointed.
00:03:54.760 Hearing the number of BIPAC people being slaughtered in the streets.
00:03:58.340 Hearing the screams of people that I did not meet.
00:04:00.940 One man or woman gets killed.
00:04:02.760 The number rises up to ten.
00:04:04.420 Then by the end of the week, it's one hundred. 0.51
00:04:06.260 These things happen because the whites think they have privilege 0.60
00:04:09.220 because their generation with power has been far too long. 0.98
00:04:11.940 Officers shooting and arresting blacks because they are making a song 0.73
00:04:15.960 They aren't being treated the same because they are mistreated as criminals 0.94
00:04:20.940 Because they wear a hood or a cap 0.98
00:04:22.560 The innocent black people think that they're in a trap 0.99
00:04:25.060 They even get separated into a gap 0.59
00:04:27.220 But that's how it is
00:04:28.400 It happens every day and there's nothing we can do about it
00:04:31.020 If we want to make a change, we need to start treating people the same
00:04:34.260 Privilege and power is good, but too much of it can tear people apart 0.96
00:04:38.700 Gunshots fire all night, finding dead bodies of black children. 0.87
00:04:42.380 Blood scattered everywhere. 0.99
00:04:43.800 They treat us differently because of the color of our skin and our hairstyles.
00:04:48.000 But just letting you know, we all bleed the same.
00:05:01.520 Can I start now?
00:05:03.280 We carry names and memories in the stories of our home.
00:05:06.540 we carry guilt and regret on the calm blue waters we carry the carnage of our home we carry the
00:05:13.180 dreams of our ancestors on our young backs we carry the blood and soul leaving our village
00:05:18.000 we carry yesterday today and tomorrow on our backs as we drift on our boats from shore to shore
00:05:24.880 till we get to our destination where our new future begins until this day i will never forget
00:05:30.960 my home. Is it on? Okay. Ever since the initial play, our society has been racist. Like going
00:05:46.720 onto Spotify, see what's the number one playlist. There's this thing called privilege and effects
00:05:52.660 by pop. People don't realize that it sees us like a voiceless talk. I ain't no bros before
00:05:59.260 the host type of guy, breaking the boycott like chosen from Cobra Kai. The opportunity came and
00:06:04.920 I tend to wonder why. I come to a realization that I'm actually that guy. I made a lesson of
00:06:11.980 an African Canadian town. Now people understand the hate going to a particular noun. All thanks
00:06:19.120 to my leadership for the illustrious lesson. Like the students say, it's time for the industrial
00:06:24.480 session. Clearly I'm the fire that burns down the candle. That's how easy the world gives me things
00:06:31.260 to handle.