Pass The Mic

This Labor Day, The Witness hosted a live Podcast-A-Thon to help raise support for the upcoming Joy And Justice Conference. Be sure to donate at JoyAndJustice.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Labor Day, The Witness hosted a live Podcast-A-Thon to help raise support for the upcoming Joy And Justice Conference. Be sure to donate at JoyAndJustice.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tyler and Jemar talk about the emotional and spiritual scars the past several years of racism and injustice have left on many of us. Listen as they describe why the Joy and Justice conference, our first national gathering, provides a time of healing for people who are weary in the struggle. JoyAndJustice.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a first for Pass The Mic! The hip hop artist S.O. chose our podcast to debut his new song "White Jesus" and you get to hear it in this episode. We interview S.O. about his experiences as a Nigerian immigrant to the U.K. and the U.S., and we talk about how images of Christ can reinforce or dismantle ideas of racial superiority. Apple https://music.apple.com/us/album/augustines-legacy/1471205112?ls=1 iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/album/augustines-legacy/1471205112?ls=1&app=itunes Spotify URI spotify:track:6KsQPUwdigkgavFLUk1Tj6 Spotify URL http://open.spotify.com/track/6KsQPUwdigkgavFLUk1Tj6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earon James joins Jemar to discuss whether racism is worse in the South than other parts of the country. They even get international and talk about their experiences with racism and racial profiling while traveling abroad. This episode helps give perspective on the pervasiveness of racism in all parts of the world and how to spot it. Link: "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson - https://www.amazon.com/Warmth-Other-Suns-Americas-Migration/dp/0679763880 Link: "The Case for Reprations by Ta-Nehisi Coates - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jemar and Tyler are back with Part 2 of our Black Church series, this time to respond to listener feedback on the previous episode. Listen in as they have a transparent discussion about misogynoir, the prosperity gospel, pastoral idolatry, and homophobia. It’s a heavy discussion but one we feel is necessary. Keep the feedback coming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode of Pass The Mic Jemar Tisby reads the entire historic address of Frederick Douglass entitled, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve talked about the “Quiet Exodus” of Black Christians from White Evangelical spaces, but the question is “Where’s the Promised Land?“. Jemar and Tyler answer the question by giving their history with the Black Church, what options Black Christians have, and some of the challenges of attending a Black Church in 2019. But we wanna hear your story. Share it with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re back for Part 2 of our series on How to Raise Justice Minded Black Children. Tyler is joined by Ally Henny, host of Combing the Roots, to discuss this topic from the perspective of Black Mothers. Tune in as we talk about the differences between Black Mothers and Fathers, how to raise younger children with the right mindset, and the influence of our culture to create the capacity for justice and dignity. Part 3 coming soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jemar and Tyler are back for a bonus episode to discuss the controversial visit of President Trump to Pastor’s David Platt’s McLean Bible Church on Sunday for prayer. Was it unwise? Was it standard operating procedure? How do Black Christians perceive these situations? How can we learn from incidents like this as we work through our own relationship with people in power? Tune in for a Black Christian perspective on this scenario. https://www.mcleanbible.org/prayer-president https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/06/trump-david-platt-prayer-pastors.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices