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A Little Everyday (with Damon Young)

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Black Optimism, Black Pessimism, Existential Engagement With Black Life

I watched Cosmic Slop first because George Clinton, my mom and my dad, hippies, black people. And then wanting to know who's the me being a writer, even after I was maybe 13 or 14 when I saw it. Derrick Bell reiterates that almost like Afro-pessimism, existential engagement with Black life has been just a much part of our legacy too. Just Black optimism and faith is so strong.

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