American Chameleon: Ep 5 - On Cruel Optimistic Attachment and "Cygnet"
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We've all heard the term "Living the American Dream." For me, this dream of a possible future beyond the poverty embedded inside my Black inner-city youth, was all I had...
show more*Cruel Optimism is a term coined by American theorist Lauren Berlant and refers to the way the modern human clings to such fantasies of the "good life" even when the conditions for surviving the modern world have become increasingly more compromised due to climate change, economic failure, social injustice, political unrest, and more. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppdd2R46Eh4
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