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For a long time, older generations have liked to moan and bemoan about the younger generation. It has happened since at least the 1920s, when the new woman emerged and rejected the traditions of the Victorian era. Though this has almost become a “rite of passage” as said by Aaron Kaufman in “an Open Letter from a Millennial to Society,” it has made Millennials the “butt” of many mean jokes, and they have had to face many insults about how they are “the dumbest, laziest, most entitled,…

“A shiny unicorn on top of the flowery lawn” is what Lucy, a GYPSY, and others like her envision for themselves (Urban). A GYPSY, or a Generation Y Protagonist and Special Yuppie, is a middle to upper class citizen born between the late 1970s and the mid 1990s. All GYPSYs believe that they will be the best in their field because they are “special.” However, reality shows that this is not the case and that hard work is required to create and sustain a successful career, not just being told over…

The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a very eye-opening book. I always believed that Malcolm X was a one sided person – meaning that he always had the same beliefs all of his life; Especially when, he was involved in a time where Racism was all over the place. The book does a great job at showing a reader who the American Hero, Malcolm X was as an individual and at explaining piece by piece how he became the man the world now knows. Created by interviews between Malcolm X himself and Alex Haley…

Malcolm X When we take a look to those people who made history and changes in their lives, those changes became as a lesson, and an example for a good person 's life. We see and realize how hard of a life they lived. They built themselves with many struggles and challenges, until they approached what they want, and be greatest icons. In our life, we have many names and icons who influenced the way that we see and evaluate norms and values. We are pleased that there were those icons who gave life…

judgment. Throughout my interview with my mom, she kept justifying that she uses her cellphone for communication. After every sentence, it was…but I use it to communicate with friends and family. I think she made a very good point here, Generation X, is a generation filled with men and women who were raised to communicate with friends, but their communication was connected to a landline and that landline allowed them only a certain extent of mobility. My mom commented on how my generation has…

Unfortunately in today’s society, we suffer from an epidemic known as the generational gap. Essentially, this signifies the recurring misunderstanding, hostility, and general distrust that older generations in America have, such as the baby boomers, for the young, up-and-coming generation Y. This tense conflict has resulted in many stereotypes formed about our generation, including laziness and entitlement. In her Business Insider article, writer Vivian Giang contends that our overreliance on…

stages of development. Millennials are the most recent in a series of labeled generations in American History. The 6 living generations being: The Greatest Generation (1900-20), The Silent Generation (1920-40), The Baby Boomers (1940-60), Generation X (1960-80) and finally Generation Y, or Millennials. The United States census department does not define generations, which brings into question who really benefits from the use of such labels. The term "Millennials" was coined by two gentleman…

After, being sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years, Malcolm X took that time to self- educate himself and in his essay, A Homemade Education, he informs his readers of his background and how he became the man he was. Malcolm X wanted his readers to understand that an education is what you make out of it, and not what you learn. He believed that you can go to the college of your dreams, and learn nothing from it. But, being willing to be educated, you can educate yourself and grow intelligently.…

movement that has continued into the 21st century, only changing its name from 1954 to present. Being spearheaded by many great activists like Malcom X, Martin Luther King Jr, and James Baldwin, the outcry for justice was lead to success and to a less violent course. With civil unrest rising in today’s society, can we rely on another Baldwin or Malcom X to rise from the rafters? Or will “the Bible or the gun,” have to do (James Baldwin, Film)? As a society, we cannot accept change that has been…

People are categorized by their age from the date of their birth to the current time. Age not only influences one’s life span but the time period they were raised in, the life changing events they’ve gone through and the different lifestyles they became accustomed to. In the United States the generation of Baby Boomers have been overly studied and critique by researchers, with their influx of birth rates from the years of 1946-1964, and their overwhelmingly demand of hospital delivery rooms,…