The Justice Briefing with Dr. Jemar Tisby

"Critical Race Theory has become a lightning rod in contemporary American politics and evangelical Christianity. This irenic book offers a critical but constructive and sympathetic introduction written from a perspective rooted in Scripture and Christian Theology." I sit down with the co-authors Dr. Robert Chao Romero and Dr. Jeff Liou to talk about the need for this book and the intersection between Christianity and Critical Race Theory.  Buy the book "Christianity and Critical Race Theory HERE.  Subscribe to my Substack and never miss an episode: JemarTisby.Substack.com  Subscribe to my YouTube! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In his new book, "More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the White Mother He Never Knew", CNN journalist John Blake shares an intimate story of his journey with race, faith, and forgiveness.  In this interview we talk about racial identity, the usefulness of the term "racial reconciliation," and a bit about The Wire.  John's book is now AVAILABLE!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jordan Neely used to dress up and do Michael Jackson impersonations. But on May 1, 2023, a Marine veteran on a subway train put him in a chokehold that led to his death. Neely had allegedly been shouting on the train about how he was thirsty, hungry, and tired of his situation. Neely should not have been killed. He suffered from homelessness and mental illness and the system failed him, we failed him, long before the day of his death.  We talk about why attacks against the houseless population should be classified as hate crimes, why we need better mental health care for this group, and how to have meaningful proximity to people who are unhoused.  Check out Dr. Lester's organization: Love Beyond Walls  And his latest book: All God's Children Follow on IG x Twitter: @IamTerenceLester  Be sure to subscribe to my Substack to support this work! JemarTisby.Substack.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In what is becoming a disturbing pattern in Christian higher education, I was contacted by another professor who was fired for her teachings about racial justice.  Professor Julie Moore, formerly of Taylor University, taught a composition class with a racial justice theme. She's been doing this for years. But in January of 2023, her provost refused to renew her contract. As part of the paltry evidence for the dismissal, he cited a quote from me that Professor Moore used in the introduction to her syllabus.  Listen to Professor Moore's story as well as how she and Professor Sam Joeckel are calling the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) to act.  Also check out Professor Moore's open letter describing her ordeal on my Substack: JemarTisby.Substack.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon Ward is senior political correspondent for Yahoo News, author of Camelot's End: Kennedy v Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party (Twelve Books, 2019), and host of “The Long Game” podcast. Jon has covered American politics and culture for two decades, as a city desk reporter in Washington D.C., as a White House correspondent, and as a national affairs correspondent who has traveled the country to write about two presidential campaigns and the ideas and people animating our times. In this episode of Footnotes, we talk about this upcoming book Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Failed a Generation. We break down the history of evangelicalism, where it came from and how it got to what we see it as now, and the ramifications of that evolution. Substack: https://jonward.substack.com/ Website: https://www.jonwardwrites.org/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Testimony-Inside-Evangelical-Movement-Generation/dp/1587435772 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2023 women's NCAA championship game broke records for viewership, and racist reactions also broke the internet.  Two phenomenal players--Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese--used the same "can't see me" gesture during basketball games in the series. One player garnered almost no attention, or simply positive attention, for the gesture, while the other was lambasted.  Can you guess the difference between the two?  Caitlin Clark is white and Angel "Bayou Barbie" Reese is Black.  In this podcast I break it all down--why did this particular incident garner so much attention; what other racial double-standards have we seen; how should we move forward in a more racially aware way?  Be sure to subscribe/rate/review this podcast. And we can continue conversations like these on my Substack (JemarTisby.Substack.com).  JemarTisby.com  Instagram.com/JemarTisby NPR Explaner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Professor Samuel Joeckel has been teaching a unit on racial justice at Palm Beach Atlantic University for twelve years. He has been a faculty member at the school for 20 years. All of that came to an abrupt end when administrators at the school fired him for teaching about racial justice.  This is the first interview Professor Sam gave after his dismissal. We talk about his initial reactions to the news, how his students have responded, and what all of this is teaching him about God and faith.  Please support Professor Sam by leaving him encouraging messages, by contributing to his financial support, and by sharing this interview with as many people as possible.  Venmo: @SamJoeckel  We put as much pressure as we can on the university so they can be held accountable for their cowardice.  For more information on the situation see here:  1. Religion News Service- Professor Joeckel on why his contract, teachings on racial justice are ‘under review’ 2. JemarTisby.Substack.com- They Fired Him Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast. Keep up with my latest work at JemarTisby.Substack.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The twenty-one years that kept Rob separated from his wife, Fox, and their six sons was long enough. As Rob survived two decades at America's bloodiest penitentiary and Fox raised their sons solo, they never stopped fighting for Rob's freedom and for their futures against the statistical odds. All the while, it was love that carried them through. The Academy Award-nominated documentary Time introduced audiences to Fox and Rob, who riveted audiences with their relentless fight for each other and justice, despite America's broken prison system. This book tells the rest of their story. In alternating voices and intimate detail, Fox and Rob reveal what the film does not--how a person can cultivate the radical love needed to see them through any hardship and how miracles can happen on the way. As they peel back the layers of their unforgettable love story, you'll discover the secrets of perseverance and the power of a resilience that is founded on faith in a God who never gives up on us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not only have we reduced Martin Luther King's vision to a single line from his "I Have a Dream" speech, we have also forgotten or ignored his vision for economic equity.  In this episode I talk about King's economic agenda--one that he had from the beginning of his work as a pastor and moral philosopher all the way back in the 1950s and not just in the last few years of his life.  We also get into how the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday came to be and a 15 year saga to get to sign the bill into law.  Some resources you'll want to check out to learn more:  To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice Article- Jobs Are Harder to Create Than Voting Rolls Listen to "Letter from Birmingham Jail" on Pass The Mic Nonviolence 365- The King Center Freedmen's Bureau Transcription Project- Smithsonian Institute  Be sure to support projects like this one by subscribing to JemarTisby.Substack.com and this Footnotes podcast!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some thoughts about the Jan 6th Committee’s final hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices