What Are America's Opportunities

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America’s Opportunity
What makes my generation different from the generations before us? Though there are many things I think that make generation Z different, there is one major definer. This major thing America has given us to be different is opportunity. The opportunity that has been given to Generation Z has given through many things, mostly equality. For the generations before us, equality was fought for, not simply given. Our country has been striving for equality for all people since the beginning. It started with religious equality, then economic equality, then racial equality, and lastly gender equality. All of these we now have. Generation Z no longer has to fight for equality, letting all of us move on to new opportunities and

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