Cesar Chavez: Emptying Privilege for Solidarity - Liberation (Philippians 2)

The film Cesar Chavez depicts the labor leader who could have pursued personal advancement but instead emptied himself to organize farmworkers. He fasted, marched, and suffered alongside the poor. Philippians 2 describes Christ's kenosis—His self-emptying. Liberation theology sees this as the model for solidarity: those with power and privilege must empty themselves to stand with the oppressed. Christ did not cling to divine status but took the form of a servant. This is not patronizing charity but genuine identification. Kenosis means descending into the struggle, not rescuing from above. The exalted Christ remains the crucified one.