Think Again

Think again.

As much as you’d like to think that the election of a black man to the Presidency of the United States, would change (White) people’s minds about race in the US, think again.

I’m afraid that, if anything, it’s allowed hatred and fear to become even more entrenched in people’s lives. The legitimate victory of a presidential candidate is being questioned in more and more irrational ways. Why? Because fear is irrational.

People’s world view is crumbling, and rather than embrace the emerging frontier, they are clinging to it by any means necessary. I think this is a historical and biblical mistake. God is a god of new things. Period. He is a God of creation and imagination. Throw your boxes away, or be rejected by God. That’s what Israel had to deal with, and what has constantly happened anytime people tried to put God into a box of their making.

Am I equating the election of Mr. Obama to a movement of God?

No, no no. I am merely making a point: The people of God should be a people who embrace the new and revolutionary. A see of faces, young and old; black, white, brown is new. It’s about time that it’s recognized.

John McCain gave an amazing concession speech, but you can see and hear the seeds of it there, in the monochromatic faces in the crowd.

Today, “Conservative Political Action” Conference decided to not invite Mr. McCain to next year’s event.

I wonder if he realizes how close he came to “dancing with the devil” of hatred, intolerance and fear.

Folks, there’s still work to do.

Let justice roll on.