I had the honor of presenting at the 2016 Together for the Gospel conference on the A.R.C. of Racial Reconciliation. It was part of a breakout session I did jointly with Ligon Duncan, Chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary. In it, I explained the essential elements of all genuine racial reconciliation. A = Awareness The phrase […]
Tevin Brown shares his thoughts on rapper David Banner’s lecture series titled the Godbox. The lectures aimed to promote his album and Banner’s new wave of black consciousness or “awakening”.
If you’ve sensed that your education has lacked key elements of the truly colorful story of our country, Paige Britton offers a brief guide to listening well to American history.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Jemar and Tyler are joined by Ekemini Uwan to discuss her recent RAANetwork blog post “Where Are Our White Allies?” and address practical ways in which white Christians can stand with their black brothers and sisters in the pursuit of racial reconciliation. Subscribe – iTunes – Satchel – RSS […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Jemar Tisby reflects on the controversy surrounding a recent Facebook post from Reformed Baptist apologist Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries. He reviews the original post (which has since been deleted) and offers commentary about why his words were offensive to many African Americans and their […]
Dr. Carl Ellis, Jr. explains how neither racism nor personal responsibility by themselves can explain the current racial tension in American. We must address the “culture of dysfunctionality”.
Jemar, Tyler, and Beau answer some listener feedback by defining what they are referring to when talking about ‘white privilege’ Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe – iTunes – Satchel – RSS Social – @_PassTheMic – Facebook
Way down south in Mississippi, I find myself thinking about eating breakfast with Dr. Ben Carson and President Barack Obama. No cameras, political agenda or party affiliations — just us talking as 3 black men in America. I want to talk to them about the standard we, as black people, measure each other. I chose […]
Many agree Americans live in a racialized society (a society that attributes certain characteristics to groups of people for the purpose of racial hierarchy and racism), that we live in a country whose national origins cannot be separated from the evil ideology of white superiority and black inferiority, and that the U.S. still (in many […]
In 2012, Steven James Dixon, relationship expert and author, wrote a short piece titled, “Why I Married a Black Woman” for Essence. In it Dixon, a black man, lists a string of reasons why he “had to have me a sister”, most of which pointed to cultural similarities. He wants to marry “someone who understands that […]
In this article, I used African Americans as an example, but this applies to every racial, ethnic, or social group. I love being African American, because of the community. If you walk into an African American barbershop, you immediately feel the effects of how close the culture is. Most of the time, you will simultaneously feel […]
Duke Kwon shares conversations from his household, and insight from the book, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria and Other Conversations About Race by Dr. Tatum. After all, our children are not color blind.
Jemar and Tyler are joined by TED speaker and the author of From Here to University: Access, Mobility, and Resilience Among Urban Latino Youth, Alexander Jun Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe – iTunes – Satchel – RSS Social – @_PassTheMic – Facebook
Adoption is a great thing. As a child, I was practically adopted and raised by my aunt and uncle. As a result, I personally understand the importance of giving children a good home. An increasing amount of white evangelical families are adopting black and brown babies. As a black man with a multi-racial heritage, married […]
Taelor Gray gives a sharp rebuke to some Evangelicals’ indifference and insincerity towards race relations, and uses James 2 to argue for change.
In this Black History Month reflection, John Kovacs touches on how a classroom incident prompted him to dig deeper into black society contributors, and help him to repent of teaching solely white history.
Subscribe to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pass-the-mic/id766830494?mt=2 “Dynamic Voices For A Diverse Church” Pass The Mic is the premier podcast of the Reformed African American Network. Every month Jemar and Phillip sit down with voices from across the reformed movement with the mission of addressing the core concerns of African Americans biblically. Find out more at RAANetwork.org […]
My wife and I pulled into a gas station where several others were already fueling up. From all appearances, they were “good-ol’-boys”– friendly southern White folks who have risen above the old historically offensive and racially charged “redneck” culture. Good-ol’-boys are light-hearted about their own culture, and appreciate the cultures of others. As we filled […]
Black males make up just two percent of public education teachers. That’s right…two percent. Yet public schools, especially in the inner city and other low-income areas are overwhelmingly comprised of racial minorities. I constantly hear black Christian men talking about mentoring black youth. But it’s almost always in the context of church planting, or other “vocational” […]
Over the last couple years, I’ve realized I have a way of letting nice compliments, or compliments given with good intention, hurt me. I don’t mean backhanded compliments (though I guess they too can fit the scenario), but genuinely nice compliments on my appearance like “You look nice!” I become saddened, because these compliments mainly came […]
