Footnotes with Jemar Tisby The Witness

Jemar -

I am a white male, 46 years old, and a recovered racist. I grew up in a white “conservative” home where I routinely heard racial slurs. For example, something I often heard was “slavery was good for them”. I knew no other way of thinking until I understood Jesus Christ in my late thirties, early forties. Jesus truly opened my eyes to the error of my ways, on multiple levels.

I then read Bryan Stevenson’s book Just Mercy and my life changed forever. I have now read many many books on race, racism, slavery, complicity of the white church and so on, and of course Color of Compromise! Out of the 50-70 books a year I read, well over half are on the topic of race and injustice. It has moved me to bring it up in just about every conversation I am in, which doesn’t always ends well, as you can imagine. I don’t care, it needs to be addressed, the topics of justice and oppression.

Your calm intellectual approach to the topic of injustice is inspiring, I learn from you every single week. I also routinely listen to Pass the Mic. You have been a key part of my journey and I thank you! Please, never lose heart, you are fighting the good fight and we love you for it.

Take care.
David Mosher

Refreshing to hear a podcast of a brother who is real. No profanity to prove stereotypes, but an educated, articulate, and intelligent theologian who can unpack concepts to any race, class, or generation.

Often I listen twice to each episode because I need to hear such goodness at least twice. I’m so grateful for Jemar Tisby’s work and voice.