When one hears of the so-called “millennial” generation, composed primarily of young people ages ranging from their mid-teens up to their late twenties, their first thoughts are “self-expressive, confident, open to change, and liberal”1 . According to the Pew Research Center, the Millennial Generation sees issues of diversity differently from any other generation in United States History. The perceptive millennial generation refuses to view issues of diversity and racism in the conventional perspective of past American generations. The millennials are aware of the past, corrupted with conflicts and left with everlasting scars of prejudices, however, as a generation, have dealt with predicaments similar in nature throughout the epoch3. Though millennials are tolerant and generally optimistic of the future that does not make them foolish enough to believe the United States of America is a “post-racial”2 society. The attitudes and practices of our predecessors hinders society’s movement towards a multifarious and nondiscriminatory society.
The millennial generation holds a different, more open perspective towards racial prejudice, racism, and diversity, than any other generation. Millennials are taking a step in the right …show more content…
The millennials are a generation of ambitious go getters, eager to change the racial issues prevalent in American society. Though they are faced with adversity, such as the attitudes and practices of the older generations, and the disconnection millennials have with racial tensions of the past, they are fervent about begetting the racial conversation necessary to move towards a “post-racial” society. After decades of try and fail, of attempting to create an egalitarian civilization, the millennial generation are a group of induvial who possess characteristics that will successfully push America to become a post-racial society, where everyone, regardless of race, is
The millennial generation holds a different, more open perspective towards racial prejudice, racism, and diversity, than any other generation. Millennials are taking a step in the right …show more content…
The millennials are a generation of ambitious go getters, eager to change the racial issues prevalent in American society. Though they are faced with adversity, such as the attitudes and practices of the older generations, and the disconnection millennials have with racial tensions of the past, they are fervent about begetting the racial conversation necessary to move towards a “post-racial” society. After decades of try and fail, of attempting to create an egalitarian civilization, the millennial generation are a group of induvial who possess characteristics that will successfully push America to become a post-racial society, where everyone, regardless of race, is