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All people are created equal.” Delmer Esters said. “I don’t think his mes sage is outdated or inappropriate to today’s limes.” Esters, 28, now has an even bigger stake in those ideas — a beautiful two-week-old baby boy named Benjamin. Esters is a U ni versity of Nebraska - Lincoln graduate student in educa tional psychology and is the resi dence director at Harper Hall. His wife, Lesley Esters, also 28, is the residence director of Sandoz I fall. When Ben arrived, Esters real ized he faced a new set of respon sibilities and dreams, not only for himself, but for his child and the world. “Thi« rh.lH ic a narf r\f rr\r* onrl Lesley and he’s a liule miracle, and I want the world to see the type of miracle we’ve created.” Esters holds his son comfortably in his arms while he talks, stroking Ben’s hair and cheeks. Esters has an obvious apprecia tion for his son. While he talks, his hands and his eyas are constantly in contact with his child. He said he has the dreams most parents have for their children — that Ben will grow up healthy and happy and only have positive ex periencas. But Esters is not blind to the adversities Ben may face as a child, and later as a man of color. “Some of the things I’ve faced, just as far as racisnrus concerned, I would hope that he would not have to deal with," Esters said. But Esters said daspite hisexpe riencas, he still sees hope for Ben’s world. “Things have certainly changed quite a bit since the time when my father was a boy and even as they are now, it’s my hope that the world will be a much better place for Ben." Esters said he has always had a strong sense of his own history, history, and he hopes to share that with his son. I le said he has always strived to learn more about and appreciate “those African Americans who pro gressed and paved the way" for his parents and himself. Esters named Dr. King, Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. DuBois as some of the famous people who have influenced his life. lie said he also finds inspiration in his family, and heplanson teach ing Ben about his rich cultural history. He will learn about his grandparents and anceslors, where they’ve come from and where they’ve been, from both sides of his family tree. Esters said it is important to him that Ben understand the impor tance of all the hard work those people did, as well as the work he and Lesley would do to make Ben’s life happy. “I want him to have an apprecia tion of hard work ..." he said. Ben makes more than a peep at that statement and Esters adjusts his son’sposilionon hislapandchuck les. "... although we’ll probably spoil him to death.” Esters said he knows Ben may havesome hard times ahead of him as the child of an interracial couple. Although he admits he’s never wit nessed firsthand the abuses some interracial children go through, oth ers have shared those experiences — U L:_ v> III I 1 lllll, He said he and his wife have often talked about how their inter racial marriage may affect theirson. “Sometimes people, because they’re ignorant or they don’t un derstand, will choose to classify him in a particular color or a par ticular area," Esters said, “We hope he will not feel the need to be classified, that he will define him self as who he needs to be." "This child was conceived in love and that love will teach him about who he is," Esterscontinucd. “1 le’s part of my family and he’s part of Lesley’s family. She’s white and I’m black. He has two worlds to learn about and to know about. “We hope to teach him that there’s nothing wrong with being part of two worlds," Esters said, with a protective arm around his son. Esters stressed that he and his wife both feel that their interracial relationship is right. “We’ve loved each other for a long time and coming together in marriage and love and creating a child through that love is not wrong — I don’t care what oeoole sav or choose to believe." Esters said that the couple’s rela tionship with God in particular has taught them how right their mar riage is and that their child should be proud of himself and where he comes from. „ Estersisactiveinhischurch,and his father is a minister in Kentucky. Religion is a big part of his life, and this is something he wants to pass on to Ben. “1 want Ben to know there is a God, and that he can gel strength Jeff ■ .. Delmer Esters holds his sleeping son, Benjamin, Tuesday. Esters says that he never wants Ben to know the feeling of being unsafe or unloved. through God and family. All of us can work together,” Esters said. Through religion and a strong family, Esters said he and Lesley hope to instill in Ben the strengths to make gooddecisions, especially in a world that delivers so many mixed messages to children. "I want him to be proud of who he is. He comes from two very strong fa m i 1 i es a nd it doesn ’l matter that one is white and one is black.” Family is very important to both Esters and his wife. Esters said his own background relies heavily on family and he hopes to share that same sense with his son. "We do for one another, we sacrifice for one another and for the most part, we are good to one another.” Esters concedes that not all fami lies or parents are perfect. I le said he expects to make plenty of mis lakes as a parent, but hopes Ben will know that their love is uncon ditional. “We want to be sure that he never knows the feeling of being unsafe or unloved." “I don’t want to be a smothering type of parent, 1 wanthim tobeable to explore and examine the world around him, but l want him to be safe while doing it.” “Along with marrying Lesley,cre ating this life is the most perfect thing I’ve ever done,” Esters said, “and I want to be the best father 1 can be.” “I know Ben won't live in a , perfect world, but l want to give him everything I can so that he will survive and thrive. “But the high point will be when we can sit and watch ‘Monday Night Football’ together,” Esters said. “That will be the perfect sce nario.” Faith provides strength We have journeyed and traveled through 1992. Now stands before us a New Year, and its value will be determined and measured by our actions, decisions and hopefully, our dreams. Like Dr. Marlin Luther King Jr., I, too, have a dream, and it lies not only in my subconscious, but in my conscious as well. And as Dr. Kingsought to fulfill his dream, I will follow his example and con tinuously fight to keep my dream alive. My dream is that the faith I have in God, myself and the power to reform and resurrect a fallen and ill stricken world will become stron ger and eventually inconqucrable. A man who contains faith has the ability “to be" rather than “not to be," which is not the question but the answer to one’s dreams. My faith in God and His “Amaz ingGrace” has brought me to w here I stand today. 1 le has been faithful to His Word for when 1 take one step, He will take two. When 1 walk, 1 will not faint. When 1 run, I will not be weary. And I have no reason for fear, for He is with me. As my faith increases in I lim, I will be able to do all things, for He strengthenth me. (Phil. 4:13) In daily interaction, it is some times difficult to be an individual and to stand up for what is right versus what is accepted. My dream is to have the faith to be what God has designed for me to be, in spite of what others may believe I am or I should become. My dream is to have the faith that if there comes a day when I may have to stand alone for what is right, I stand on both feet, back straight and my head looking upward, for the sky has no limit, and neither do my abilities. My dream is to have the faith in my brothers and my sisters that we shall wake up “and not judge each other by the color of our skin but by the content of our character." My dream is to have the faith to march on, no matter what the circumstances or the conse quences — to march on until "jus tice rolls down like waters and righteousness likea mighty stream." My dream is to have the faith to stand up on the threshold of what is right, even if I must die for it. 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