A look into the strange American subculture (of course it´s American) called "Indigo children". Connected to the New Age scene, Indigo children are said to be highly gifted, spiritual and perhaps even psychic individuals sent by Source (or whoever New Age believers think is out there) to save the world (no less). Everyone else think they have ADHD or ADD...
Which is probably the correct explanation. What I found most disturbing about this milieu is how parents in denial are brain-washing their kids into thinking that they really are some kind of supernatural geniuses. Otherwise, there is a lot of cringe in this VICE documentary. There is the "holistic dentist" in New York that uses tuning forks for reasons best known to themselves. We also get to meet a family where the son clearly states (in front of everyone) that his sister isn´t special, much to the shock and dismay of the New Age mother, who regards her as a Messiah-like Indigo. Weirdly, there is also a Black hip hop band within the Indigo community!
I think it´s obvious what´s going on here. In America, nobody can afford being a failure, so therefore every disability has to be redefined as a hidden superpower or new "identity". Which in this case is somewhat ironic, since people with these conditions *can* succeed, given the right stimuli (and in some cases, treatment). Perhaps the problem isn´t so much the kids, as the parents, who feel like "failures" just because their children aren´t 100% Made in Amerika Super Duper, according to the stereotypes 20 years ago?
Not really my cup of ice tea, I´m afraid, but it does work as a very short introduction to this particular subculture.
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