The Election of Barack Obama Exposes the Myth of the Curse of Ham

In the last post, the question raised was whether the curse of Ham would prevent African American, Barack Obama, from becoming a US president. Well, we woke up this morning on Wednesday 5 November to see worldwide jubilation that Barack Obama won the election by a wide margin over white contender John Mc Cain to become the first US African American president elect.

What does that do to the curse of Ham idea? It exposes it as a myth. It demonstrates the so-called curse of Ham is a figment of vain human imagination fuelled by superstition and racial prejudice.

The so-called curse of Ham states all black people are destined to be slaves. This implies black people lack leadership qualities and are confined naturally to servitude. Of course, no evidence has ever supported the myth. But the myth was used to justify the inhumane enslavement of African people by whites in times past and exists today merely in the pitiful minds of bigots.

The election of Barack Obama to lead the US and the subsequent jubilation by the world citizens who welcome him as a world leader add to the indisputable evidence that blacks can be effective leaders. This is particularly so when, in terms of the US election, Barack Obama had to contend with several well-qualified white aspirants to win the election.

So we congratulate Barack Obama on his election to the US presidency. The American people overwhelmingly showed they recognize his leadership ability to be far above that of his white contenders as they observed him closely in the run of the two-year campaign leading to the election. In so doing, they have exposed once again the myth of the curse of Ham.

This is God's doing. It demonstrates that no man can curse whom God does not.

In David's words in Psalms 75:4-7: "I said to the boastful, 'Do not deal boastfully,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up the horn. Do not lift up your horn on high; Do not speak with a stiff neck.' " For exaltation comes neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south. But God is the Judge: He puts down one, and exalts another.

Read the book by G.A.N. James, The Myth of the Generational Curse (Xulon Press, 2007)