Is Black History Month Colonized?

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Black History Month was wild, y’all. From blackface to KKK hoods to alleged hate crimes, every day was something new. But rather than questioning 2019 BHM, Jemar and Tyler question the premise itself. Is Black History Month still useful or is there a better way for us to remember our history? How do we protect our spaces from those who would remove the purpose of a celebration that means so much to our community? Listen in and let us know what you think! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by the chronological life application study Bible, Second Edition.
0:08.0	Helping put the story of the Bible into its cultural context so you can apply it to your life.
0:14.0	Learn more at life application.com.
0:19.0	Dynamic Voices for a diverse church. This is Pass the Mic.
0:27.0	Greetings and God bless.
0:32.0	Welcome to another episode of Past the Mike.
0:34.5	Dynamic Voices for a Diverse Church Power by The Witness,
0:37.8	a Black Christian Collective. I'm your host Tyler Burns. You can follow me on
0:42.0	Twitter at Burns 23 follow at your own risk
0:45.1	and joining me as always is the president of the witness the man the myth the legend
0:50.4	the best-selling author mr. blue check verified himself Jamar Tisbee what's good bro
0:56.9	You know what's coming right I'm gonna just let that slide because I'm in such a good mood
1:01.4	We in a mood right here.
1:03.4	If folks could see us now.
1:05.2	Exactly, and we in the mood because we're in the same space.
1:07.3	Like that's what's going on.
1:09.4	Like my goodness, you would be surprised
1:11.8	how rarely we get to record face to face.
1:14.4	Yep.
1:15.4	So it's always behind a computer and a mic in a closet or in some weird office or...
1:21.2	So buckle in because we don't know what's going happen we don't know what's going
1:23.6	happen I have to say we're in a beautiful city of Chicago getting prep for the
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