The Myth of Absent Black Fathers

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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“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. Original Publish date: 2019-04-22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dynamic Voices for a Diverse Church.
0:07.6	This is Pass the Mic.
0:12.0	Greetings and God bless.
0:13.3	Welcome to another episode of Pass the Mic.
0:15.7	Dynamic Voices for a Diverse Church, power by the Witness, a black Christian collective.
0:37.7	I'm your host, Tyler Burns. You can follow me on Twitter at Burns 23. Follow at your own risk. And joining me, as always, is the president of the witness, the man, the myth, the legend, the bestselling author, Mr. Blucheck verified himself. Jamar Tisbee, what's going on, bro. I need to embarrass you right now.
0:41.1	No, do not do that. I don't know what you're about to say, but don't do it.
0:46.0	It's a good kind of embarrassment. It's like, it's like the embarrassment that humble people feel when they get compliments. So, like, when you read the Bible, one of Solomon, when he was able to ask God for any gift, he asked for what?
0:59.0	He asked for wisdom.
1:00.1	Wisdom, bro.
1:01.1	And so, you know, this is a spiritual gift.
1:04.4	And it's sort of amorphous.
1:06.0	Like, what is, like, who has the gift of wisdom or whatever?
1:09.4	And when I think of that, I think of Tyler Burns.
1:13.4	Bro.
1:13.8	It's wild, man.
1:14.9	Look, if I can say without a doubt that humanly speaking, from the time you came on to the witness to the podcast,
1:24.6	most of what's good that's been associated with the witness or past the mic
1:29.0	since you came on, you can draw a direct link to the wisdom that you shared. And so whether that's
1:36.5	our response to something wild, someone else has done, the topics that we cover, particularly
1:42.2	on the podcast, the people we brought on board as far as the team on the witness that we cover, particularly on the podcast, the people we brought on board,
1:45.7	as far as the team on the witness, we have an incredible team.
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