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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPOLL: Debunking this myth about Baby Boomers also reveals something about Gen Z
Theres nearly a 50-year age gap between the oldest Baby Boomer and the youngest member of Gen Z. And for years weve heard how different these generations can be, from how they spend their money to how they work to how they use emojis.
Weve seen OK Boomer trend on TikTok as Gen Z criticized their elders, and heard Boomers retort that younger generations should stop whining.
But Baby Boomers and Gen Z have something in common thats often overlooked: Bias is shaping the way we talk about them, allowing stereotypes and myths to drown out facts and reality.
Its an important point the president of the Pew Research Center made in a recent post. And its worth unpacking, because it has big implications for how we can better understand huge swaths of the US population and the countrys political future.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/08/us/baby-boomers-gen-z-cec/index.html
What Gen are you?
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Boomer | |
42 (65%) |
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Gen X | |
18 (28%) |
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i May be atypical, My friends and acquaintances are of varying ages, I don't have anymore "friends" in my age cohort then any other.
Progressive dog
(7,213 posts)between generations is unlikely to align with the significant changes in the individuals. Change is almost always gradual.
zipplewrath
(16,690 posts)"Boomers" comes from the expression "baby boom" that existed after WWII. But if one looks at the birth rates, the actual "boom" was only from about '47 to 55. For years it was considered to be 47 to 60, which really, being on the 59 side of that with a brother on the 49 side of that, it was a bit long. I was not really of the "same" generation. Extending it to 64 is a bit of a joke. I've heard "early" millennials comment on a similar thing that they get lumped into the same "generation" as "late" millennials.
Raftergirl
(1,367 posts)phylny
(8,574 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,592 posts)As a millennial/Xennial I feel for Gen Z!
Irish_Dem
(56,295 posts)I start listing all the stuff we pulled when in teens and twenties.
usonian
(13,577 posts)we can do it
(12,770 posts)shrike3
(5,370 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,873 posts)Except to say that when I was a teenager and young adult, the older generation constantly complained about how much noise we made, especially our music.
Solly Mack
(92,536 posts)I get along well with those born after me. Primarily because I don't find anything special about being born when I was born. I don't think the music was better or the books were better (good stuff across generations), or the fashion was better (Well, OK. A lot of what passed for fashion in the 70's was just plain ugly) or that my age group has a monopoly on good/better/best work ethics, values, morals, or anything else.
Different people think/feel differently. I accept that. Doesn't change how I think, but I accept that.
Sky Jewels
(8,819 posts)2012-1946 = 66
Tree Lady
(12,205 posts)My grandson gen X. We hike together. He has an intense love of nature like I do and believes in meditation. I think his generation is very concerned about the environment because it could kill them and they love it too.