'Maybe' by Danle Rochester
Maybe my son will live in a world one day where he won't have to be judged because of his race. Where he doesn't have to watch tv and see men and women with his father's face, killed in cold blood by the ones that are suppose to be protecting them. Maybe he won't see them depicted as criminals everyday in the media or disrespected then. Maybe he will be able to fill out an application without having to designate his ethnicity. Maybe there might be a black, Asian, or Indian super man. Maybe just maybe his peers and neighbors of other races will actually stand with him and acknowledge that something horrible has happened through history and continues to happen. Maybe he isn't the black friend that compensates or makes them feel they are not racist because they have him. Maybe his own won't hate him because of his complexion. Maybe my son will live in a better world. Just Maybe... -Danle Rochester