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| Prompt 3 from MHWA: What do generations misunderstand about each other? Talk about your generation, the generation before you, and the generation after you. How were their experiences the same and how were they different? How do those different experiences shape our viewpoints? I think I need to state one very clear point: Stable (read mostly isolated) cultures do not have this issue. Through rituals or other means the younger generation is ALWAYS educated into the ways of their people. The experiences can shift very little over hundreds of years. "The Jews kept the Sabbath; the Sabbath kept the Jews." The same with many Christian religious groups across the USA. So no, I don't agree with the prompt in the sense that it does NOT apply to everyone equally. ARE WE SPEAKING ABOUT GENERAL WHITE AMERICAN? Because minority communities will answer differently. So... Me and my family: The older generation worked and drank. My generation did the same. In my extended family I get the impression that little has changed with the next generation. I worked, but not for years. I don't drink. So what do I know? I shouldn't speak for them. In the broader AMERICAN sense... there has been greater migration, and the "American Dream" ... which was never true for many ... is more a cruel fantasy. No... you cannot have it your way. Hell, you can't even afford food, clothing and shelter! There has always been great inequities in the USA. Appalachia was known for a certain type of dirt-poor poverty that was tackled in the 1960s.. but it never went away. So... again... no. Among the poor not that much has changed except an increasing awareness that they are being used and abused. Angry? Just a tad. I think class and race and other minority aspects (LGBTQ, religious, ethnic, linguistic) are more pertinent. A rich family of three generations is still wealthy. A poor family of three generations is still impoverished. That said, the technology, the available jobs, the ability and need to move has changed within my lifetime. But the wealthy are more able to ride out the waves. The poor not so much. And groups like the Orthodox Jews and Amish? Oblivious and still living their lives as they always have. ∆/)/) ∧,,∧ .／・ ﾐ(●__●) (＿ノ＼ ﾐ⊂ ) ( .しﾉ⌒)～ .Ｕ ~ Ｕ ...because every unicorn needs to eat and poop! 309 |
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