Shout-out to Boomers today!
The people who fought for no-fault divorce, plus women's right to credit, access to contraception, & legal abortion.
The people out picketing against nuclear winter before it was cool (pun intended), & who tried so hard to stop unjust wars in other eras.
Who endured other recessions & rallied for workers' rights.
Who were present at Stonewall, & did SO much to fight for inclusivity.
Ageist thinking distracts us from the real destroyer of lives. #NotHere #NotCoSo
Follow-up question! 👀
Who's a Boomer you think doesn't get talked about enough for the work they did, the contributions they made, or just the way they lived their one precious life?
They can be someone in a major public-facing role, someone who left us too soon, or someone in your community / family who makes you proud to know them.
With over 8 billion people now on this fragile pale blue dot, we always have *so* much more to learn from each other.
So who's your pick?
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@MLClark I think people use the term because they heard it in the media and aren't really aware who are and are not in that date range, they seem to confuse boomers with silent gen more often than not (The Obama's are both boomers). Humans are not a homogeneous mass, our very existence is in large part from our diversity and using our different strengths to overcome challenges of life. To steal / expand an idea- judge people for the content of their character not the color or age or ....
Date ranges are very silly, always. I'm an elder millennial, but our generation alone runs such a weird spectrum.
PEW and other survey organizations are moving away from prioritizing generational language in their polling, which I think is going to be *such* a boon to us all. It'll filter down into how journalists report on studies, and from there into public consciousness - allowing us to focus on more important factors that unite or divide us, and not these truly flimsy timelines.