Episode 422: The Church's Complicity in Racism with Jemar Tisby

The Holy Post

Phil Vischer

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

At numerous points throughout American history, Christians had a choice to confront the evils of racism or quietly ignore them. In a challenging conversation Jemar Tisby, author of "The Color of Compromise" and host of the "Pass the Mic" podcast, explores key moments from the arrival of the first African slaves in 1619 to the rise of the Religious Right in the 1970s when the white church in America chose silence or complicity rather than faithfulness. He also explains how Christian arguments to justify slavery are still being used by some today in the wake of police violence and Black Lives Matters. Also this week, Skye and Phil discuss why neighborhoods are becoming more segregated than ever. Tim Keller's definition of "righteous" challenges our American and economic belief in self-interest. IBM is using A.I. to create fake crowds for televised sports during the pandemic. Plus, Amsterdam has an innovative solution for a scourge of "wild peeing."

"The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism" by Jemar Tisby: https://www.amazon.com/Color-Compromise-American-Churchs-Complicity-ebook/dp/B07BB6R827

"IBM's Watson to help tennis fans argue with each other:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/tech/ibm-artificial-intelligence-us-open/index.html

"These planter-like urinals are Amsterdam's answer to the problem of 'wild peeing'": https://www.cnn.com/style/article/amsterdam-sustainable-urinal-scli-intl/index.html

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome back to the Holypost podcast. This is Phil Vischer. I'm here again with Sky,
0:04.7	Jitani. Hello Phil. Hi Sky. How are you today? I am jolly. Jolly good. Taking your daughter to
0:12.8	college to maybe college. I hope so. That's what all colleges are this year, maybe college.
0:18.3	Right. And for how long we don't know. Long college. Everyone gets sent home. Yeah. And if you
0:23.3	pay, have you given them a bunch of money yet? I have given them a bunch of money. You get a
0:27.2	back if it goes south. I you know what they're going to do is some ridiculous thing probably like,
0:31.4	well, we'll give you some credit. Actually, I they have given me $750 off. Oh, that's fantastic.
0:39.4	Right. So it's like half price. Yeah. And now it's time for the theme song.
0:45.3	What's the news that you like the most? Who's your favorite podcast host? If it's breakfast,
0:52.9	get your toasted sky and fill in the Holypost sky and fill in the Holypost and sometimes Christian.
1:04.4	Okay. This is fun. Amsterdam has a problem. Okay. This is not news of the but,
1:13.3	but it, but it might be but adjacent. Amsterdam has a problem that they refer to as wild peeing.
1:20.8	Is that in Dutch or English? I think it's the English of the Dutch. The Dutch is wild peeing,
1:28.4	literally wild peeing. The English is wild peeing. Is this people urinating all over the place?
1:34.0	Yeah. Yeah. That's wild. Amsterdam has a public peeing problem. The city is surprised.
1:40.8	You made did you know this sky? Hmm. Such a cultured place as Amsterdam. You'd think I have been
1:46.7	there. Have this problem. The city is surprisingly short on public restrooms and unsuspecting tourists
1:52.7	can be caught off guard when restaurants and cafes charge up to one euro just to go to the bathroom.
1:59.6	They should change it to one year and oh, you're funny, but I'm fump. You're funny. The lack of
2:06.0	readily accessible toilets has turned the city's canals into glorified toilets and to combat the issue,
2:13.5	the city is trying a new environmentally friendly approach. They're solving the problem of wild
2:20.0	peeing in public by introducing hemp filled urinals located at public peeing hot spots where
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