This article argues that love and care, and more specifically, the hope of a new world, were central to the ethos of the US Civil Rights movement of the late 1960s and the decolonial projects inspired by it. Starting from the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other central activists of the era, this article explores how hope guided their visionary work. This article examines what differentiates the forms of hope deployed by civil rights activists and those of more recent US nationalist movements. This piece also traces the work of US third-wave feminists in creating a theory around radical hope, and the creation of what I define as a standpoint of hope: a type of consciousness that rejects the consumption of hope for selfish purposes and promotes a style of life that looks after the most vulnerable beyond one’s own group. As the article explains, hope works multi-dimensionally, as it can help people navigate their everyday struggles, envision a different outcome, and critically analyze their own history and experiences of oppression.

本文认为，爱与关怀，更具体地说，对新世界的希望，是 20 世纪 60 年代末美国民权运动以及受其启发的非殖民计划精神的核心。本文从马丁·路德·金博士和那个时代其他核心活动家的工作出发，探讨希望如何引导他们的富有远见的工作。本文探讨了民权活动家和最近的美国民族主义运动所表达的希望形式有何不同。这篇文章还追溯了美国第三波女权主义者围绕激进希望创建理论的工作，以及我所定义的希望立场的创建：一种拒绝为了自私目的而消耗希望并提倡一种风格的意识。照顾自己群体之外的最弱势群体的生活。正如文章所解释的，希望是多维的，因为它可以帮助人们应对日常斗争，设想不同的结果，并批判性地分析他们自己的历史和压迫经历。