(Photo of Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes from Vanderbilt University Divinity School)
“An important distinction must be made: liberation and freedom are not the same. Liberation is a process. Freedom is a temporary state of being. Liberation is dynamic. It never ends.” -Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes (Womanist theologian and social ethicist – read more about Dr. Townes here: https://www.theworkofthepeople.com/person/emilie-townes )
How do you experience the difference between freedom and liberation?
I think I disagree with Dr. Townes. We “liberated” the slaves. It was a legal situation. But, were they truly free? Were they free in their own minds? As a white person, I have always been free and given the assumption of good intent. Not so for BIPOC.