Courtney E. Martin: The new American Dream
كورتني مارتن: الحُلم الأمريكي الجديد
Courtney E. Martin’s work has two obsessions at its core: storytelling and solutions. Full bio
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under the scream of headlines.
الألم للعناوين الرئيسة.
of putting down roots,
the 21st-century good life,
الواحد والعشرين،
and philosophical implications,
والفلسفية،
need of answers myself.
الأجوبة بنفسي.
in American history,
that their kids will be better off
أطفالهم سيكونوا أفضل حالًا
men and women.
والرجال والنساء.
might hear this and feel sad.
leapfrogs the one before it,
الذي سبقه
all over the world,
وحتى كينيا،
for the first time,
لأول مرة
for the rest of your life?
every 4.7 years,
في المتوسط،
will be freelancers.
لحسابهم الخاص.
as much as you possibly can?
we are failing.
has been flat since about 2000,
منذ عام 2،000،
a big house with a white picket fence?
كبير محاط بسور خشبي أبيض؟
their homes in the Great Recession,
الكساد الكبير،
about the lengths we were willing to go --
للقيام بذلك--
in many predatory cases --
جشعة عديدة --
are at their lowest since 1995.
منذ عام 1995.
finding steady employment,
of a country's greatness,
لعظمة دولة ما،
is its spirit of reinvention.
روحها في تجديد الابتكار.
what "better off" really means.
معنى ماذا تعني "أفضل حالًا".
with community and creativity
بالمجتمع والابداع
living in poverty need money,
في فقر إلى المال،
that protect us from exploitation
تحمينا من الاستغلال
that the gap between rich and poor
الفجوة بين الغني والفقير
the conversation stop there.
أن يتوقف هناك.
it were a monolithic experience;
they were solely victims.
in my research and reporting
is the mother of invention,
the father of consciousness.
الأب للوعي والادراك.
or distracted to ask
متحيرين في طرحها
kind of whispering in our ears.
في آذاننا.
was a drunk in Detroit,
في ديترويت،
to hold down a factory job.
في مصنع.
of ovarian cancer.
سرطان المبايض.
what she must have gone through.
مرت جدتي الكبيرة به.
there were six sets of twins.
هناك ست مجموعات من التوائم.
the door for debt collectors
محصلّي الديون
with pliers in the garage,
بواسطة كمّاشة في الكراج،
he didn't have money
a secure foundation
by way of a few generations of struggle.
عن عدة أجيال من الكفاح،
on a kind of steady ground
من الأرضية المستقرة
and risk and leap.
والمضي قدمًا.
sometimes to their frustration,
commitment to security
as we've historically defined it
built for company men.
الذي خُصص لمؤسسات الرجال.
a more unconventional path,
to do what they need to do
عليهن عمله
call it "a portfolio career."
يطلقون عليه "حقيبة المهنة".
these whole, if not harried, lives.
الكاملة، إن لم يكونوا يغزونها،
and duty to be present fathers and sons.
الآباء والأبناء الحاليين.
آن هاملتون،
cared for the little ones
غير لائق الأطفال الصغار
of knowing there is:
no longer works for anyone.
لم تعد تعمل للجميع.
as are career ladders.
بائدة كما السلالم الوظيفية.
and dying every day.
من هنا.
"How do you want to be when you grow up?"
"كيف ترغبوا أن تكونوا عندما تكبروا؟"
the social safety net
شبكة الأمان الاجتماعي
fragmented economy.
على نحوٍ متزايد.
that everyone deserves to be vulnerable
يستحق أن يكون عرضة للعجز،
a universal basic income.
الدخل الأساسي العالمي.
that is structured to actually fit
ليتناسب فعليًا
about bringing home the bacon,
لحم الخنزير المقدد إلى البيت-
survival tactics, child care --
البقاء أحياء، والعناية بالأطفال--
leaving the village behind
وراءهم
of the American Dream,
we see a white picket fence
the sentimentality,
the white picket fence
الخشبي الأبيض
that happened within it,
داخله،
with the Great Recession,
actually like living this way.
الطريقة فعلًا،
with multiple generations under one roof
أجيال تحت سقفٍ واحد
to share homes not with family,
مع عائلاتهم،
the health and economic benefits
الصحية والاقتصادية
for single moms looking to share homes
عن أمهات عازبات ليتقاسمن المنازل
living arrangements.
البديلة للمعيشة.
of solitude and solidarity.
when you think about it,
تفكرون في ذلك.
that happiness is a king in his castle.
السعادة هي الملك في قصرة.
happiest and even safest --
in terms of crime, all of that --
والجريمة، كل هؤلاء--
intertwined with their neighbors.
مترابطة مع جيرانهم.
in a cohousing community.
مجتمع يتقاسمُ منازله.
that snakes around a community garden,
حول حديقة الملكية المشتركة،
in the middle of urban Oakland.
أوكلاند المتحضرة.
to be different,
as green as possible.
خضراء قدر الامكان.
solar cells on our roof
فوق سطحنا
different ages and political persuasions
الأعمار والميول السياسية
a typical home would have.
يحويه المنزل النموذجي.
kitchen and eating area,
ومساحة لتناول الطعام،
أسبوعيًا.
I live like this,
ردين متطرفين
everyone live like this?"
"لماذا يعيشُ كل واحد هكذا؟"
totally horrifying.
a sacred respect for privacy among us,
الاحترام المقدس بيننا،
"radical hospitality" --
"الضيافة الأصيلة"--
by the Four Seasons,
فنادق الفصول الأربعة،
single person is worthy of kindness,
يستحقُ العطف،
of living in a community like this?
في مجمتع من هذا القبيل،
the repairing, the cooking, the weeding --
والطهي وإزالة الأعشاب الضارة --
on the idealized family unit
العائلة المثالية فقط
that you can go to
an abusive teacher.
أستاذ متعسف استبدادي.
to an adult that is not their parent
ليس أحد والديه
called "revolutionary parenting,"
"بيل هوكس" "تربية الأبناء الثورية"،
a wider range of adults
مجموعة واسعة من الكبار
behind that white picket fence.
وراء ذلك السور الخشبي الأبيض.
as I've come to call it,
in the perfect family
in the imperfect village,
living under one roof,
who pledge to really know
لمعرفة
أليس كذلك؟
في معظم الأحيان
an individual prospect at all.
امكانية الفرد اطلاقًا.
or you think you're a failure,
او يعتقدُ أنه فاشلًا،
من أجلكم:
you have not yet honored.
لم تحترمونها بعد.
but a masterful father.
لكنكم آباء رائعون
حلم تملك منزل،
neighborhood parties.
لأحيائكم السكنية.
could be more grim for you.
يكون أكثر احباطًا بالنسبة إليكم.
by standards you hold dear
التي تؤمنون بها
every creature comfort.
راحة كل مخلوق.
out of suffering or into meaning.
أو الأهمية.
that she must have endured.
جدتي الكبيرة تحمله.
and courageous as possible.
قدر الإمكان.
widespread uncertainty,
على نطاق واسع،
make us brittle
لجعلنا ضعاف
in the power of institutions to change --
المؤسسات لاحداث التغيير--
to reach out, to connect, to create.
الوصول والتواصل والابداع.
the American Dream.
where what you do every single day,
and ingenuity and energy to,
للناس الذين تتعاملون معهم،
with what you believe.
تؤمنون به.
as making money,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Courtney E. Martin - JournalistCourtney E. Martin’s work has two obsessions at its core: storytelling and solutions.
Why you should listen
In her upcoming book, The New Better Off, Courtney E. Martin explores how people are redefining the American dream with an eye toward fulfillment. Martin is a columnist for On Being, and the cofounder of the Solutions Journalism Network, Valenti Martin Media, and FRESH Speakers, as well as a strategist for the TED Prize and an editor emeritus at Feministing.com.
In her previous book Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists, she profiled eight young people doing social justice work, a fascinating look at the generation of world-changers who are now stepping up to the plate.
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