New Orleans made big news yesterday and it didn’t come from a member of the Saints football team. New Orleans has had a black mayor in office for the last 32 years. That’s not too surprising. Two thirds of New Orleans’ population is black. But yesterday, for the first time in 32 years, the people of New Orleans elected a white man, Mitch Landieu, as mayor. (see Kathy Finn – Reuters) The election was a landslide victory. People interviewed after voting said they were weary of the slow progress in the recovery from Katrina, weary of corruption in the city government, weary of corruption in the New Orleans police force, and weary of a high crime rate. The people of New Orleans voted for the person they thought would be most effective in leading their city, irrespective of race.

Today, Sunday, Jim Caldwell could become the second black head coach to win a Superbowl.

Don’t you think it’s time for the people of the United States to go color blind?

I love Morgan Freeman’s comments on race in the following video.

Your Life:

When it comes to race, I’m in Morgan Freeman’s camp. I believe that as a Christian we are to be color blind. There is no place for racism in the Christian faith.

In the Bible the prophet Jonah is directed by God to warn the people of Nineveh of their sin. Jonah of course headed the other direction. He did so because of Nineveh’s evil nature. Nineveh was a city of the Assyrians and at that time in history the Assyrians were brutal. They liked to make furniture covered with the human skins of their enemies. They made pyramids out of skulls. Nevertheless, God desired to save the Assyrians of Nineveh from the destruction that would come if they did not repent. You know the story, after an attempted escape and a wild ride in the belly of a whale, Jonah did warn the city of Nineveh. And the people heeded God’s warning. They fasted for three days and repented of their sins. God in His mercy spared them.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:28