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Pass The Mic

What Do We Do With Our Black Parents?

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Like... What do we do with them? There is a shifting world under our feet and the realities of what we have been taught socially and relationally, and the family conversation overall have changed. It's different to be a Black parent now...while also being a Black son/daughter. For reference this week be sure to check out these articles: How Black Parents Survived 2020 - The New York Times (nytimes.com) PTM: Leave LOUD- Tyler Burns' Story Part 2 | The Witness (thewitnessbcc.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm your host Tyler Burns. You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram at BurnsClanFollow

0:23.9

at your own risk. And joining me as always is the founder of the witness extensive bio, y'all,

0:29.8

the man, the myth, the legend, the two-time best-selling author, Mr. Bluecheck verified

0:34.1

himself doctor. Jamar, excuse me, I'm sorry, I'll do it for once. The Reverend doctor. Jamar,

0:42.4

Tisby was going on, brother. Hey, man, I'm feeling good. How you doing, bro? I'm doing okay.

0:47.3

You know what? I love about whenever I start the intro, y'all are like not like an engine

0:51.7

is revving up. I like that energy. I'm missing that y'all are like not like, yeah, let's go,

0:57.9

let's go. Let's go. You know what, man, we're talking about something really intriguing today,

1:02.2

and we're talking about it because of an episode that we released earlier this year. So I did,

1:09.0

we had our whole leave loud series and we were still continuing that leave loud series. And then we

1:14.2

had a conversation that we added in because I didn't feel like I could tell my story without talking

1:20.2

about my father and actually not talking about him, but talking to him. So I want to give him voice

1:27.5

in that space. And I also want to introduce people to my dad. Like I feel like, you know, he's a very

1:31.8

intriguing character. His story is incredibly fascinating. We call him OG Pastor Burns at the church.

1:38.6

And so I got so many comments. Now that conversation was healing and cathartic for us.

1:44.8

And it's similar to conversations we've been having for a while. But I got so many comments

1:51.7

about from people publicly and privately saying, I just love the episode with your father.

1:58.2

I love his wisdom. I love the affirmation between you all. This is just so, it's so beautiful,

2:04.6

it's so special. And I agree with that. But I think it also obscured a reality if I can be honest.

2:14.8

What obscured the reality of what was obscured in that conversation is our relationship has always been

2:25.4

and remains very complicated. And I think yes, I can affirm and say 100% that my father has been

2:35.5

affirming of my purpose and my call and where God has taken me and always been number one

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