Opinion | Opinion: We’ve come too far toward freedom to turn back now
Although Juneteenth is intended as a celebratory movement, it will be an empty celebration unless it is made concrete in the struggles African Americans continue to endure at this very moment and place in history.
Unfortunately, the Emancipation Proclamation did not answer this fundamental question of what it means to be a free person in a democratic society. This is the question that has most vexed Black folks. At a very minimum, freedom means freedom over our own bodies “in this world.” Control over their own bodies was important to the formerly enslaved because up until then every aspect of their daily existence was controlled by their former enslavers. The logic was simple and compelling.
There is a tendency for a certain generation to want to use the diminutive of my name by calling me Terry. These folks typically don’t ask my permission but assume the prerogative of naming me in a manner which makes them comfortable. These same folks are often shocked when they receive a stern rebuke from me. For me, this is part of the process of defining myself for myself.
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