Kamala Harris and the Power of Symbolism

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Jemar and Tyler are back to discuss what everyone is talking about: the appointment of Senator Kamala Harris as the Vice Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. They discuss the inevitable reality of racism and misogynoir that has already risen up against her, the concerns about her policies, and how voters interpret her progressive record. But most importantly, they discuss what it means to be in the tension of symbolism and structural change. How do we balance our desire to see “firsts” and the imperative of actually changing the systems that we live in? This is an important conversation, fam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Pasta Mike is brought to you by Compassion and Conviction,
0:04.6	The And Campaign's Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement.
0:08.0	Stay tuned for a special interview with the author's Justin Gibboni and Michael Weir
0:12.1	later in the show. And don't forget that you can get
0:14.9	compassion and conviction the and campaign's guide to faithful civic engagement
0:19.8	right now wherever books are sold. Church. This is Pass the Mic.
0:33.0	Greetings and God bless.
0:38.0	Welcome to another episode of Pass the Mic.
0:40.0	Dynamic Voices for a diverse church powered by the witness, a black Christian collective.
0:44.8	I'm your host, Tyler Burns, you can follow me on Twitter at Burns 23, follow at your own risk.
0:49.4	And joining me as always is the president of the witness, the man, the myth, the legend,
0:55.2	the New York Times best-selling author, Mr. Blue Check verified himself.
1:00.1	Jamar Tizby, what's going on, brother?
1:02.3	I'm about to tell the future, predictive future.
1:05.0	Uh-oh, uh-oh, you're a pro-ok, okay, be prophetic, let's go.
1:09.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's, it says, in this podcast. You are going to drop some wisdom so heavy. People are going to have to sit down.
1:18.0	Uh-uh. Don't do this. I'm just going to say it. I'm telling the future right now.
1:23.6	Do not do this. So you're going to want to tune in and maybe turn it up just so you don't miss anything.
1:31.1	I know you listen to, I know you listen to I know you listen at one and a half to two
1:34.7	X speed you might have to slow it down just to just to pick up what he's dropping.
1:39.6	That's all I'm saying. Y'all don't listen to him. Don't listen to this.
1:42.1	Okay I'm not I want to Y'all don't listen to this.
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