The Myth of Absent Black Fathers

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

“The real problem with the Black community is fatherlessness”. If you’ve ever heard that, this podcast is for you. Jemar and Tyler are back to confront the myth of absent Black fathers. This episode covers the history of the myth, how communities of color raise their kids, and a word of appreciation for their own fathers being present in their upbringing. Note: An unedited version was released previously by mistake. The episode has been updated to the correct version. If you have any issues getting the correct episode be sure to email Producer@TheWitnessBCC.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.0	Welcome to another episode of Pass the Mic.
0:38.0	Dynamic Voices for a Diverse Church
0:40.0	power by the Witness, a Black Christian Collective collective I'm your host Tyler Burns you can
0:45.1	follow me on Twitter at Burns 23 follow at your own risk and joining me as
0:49.6	always is the president of the witness the man man, the myth, the legend, the best-selling author,
0:55.0	Mr Blue Check verified himself, Jamar Tisbee, what's going on, bro?
0:58.0	I need to embarrass you right now.
1:00.0	No, do not do that.
1:02.0	I don't know what you're about to say, but don't do it.
1:03.8	It's a good kind of embarrassment.
1:05.6	It's like, it's like the embarrassment that humble people feel when they get compliments.
1:11.5	So like, when you read the Bible one of Solomon when he was able to ask
1:18.9	God for any gift he asked for what he asked for wisdom? He asked for wisdom.
1:22.5	Wisdom, and so, you know, this is a spiritual gift and it's sort of amorphous, like what is, like who has the gift of wisdom or whatever?
1:32.2	And when I think of that, I think of Tyler Burns.
1:36.4	It's wild, man.
1:37.4	Look, if I can say without a doubt
1:41.0	that humanly speaking from the time you came on to the witness to the
1:46.0	podcast most of what's good that's been associated with the witness or past the
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