Different Generarions in the World

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In the grand scheme of things, one person cannot make much of a difference in the world. However, when millions of people of similar ages and opinions unite for a common cause they are called a generation. There are many different generations in the world today, but the three most prevalent generations are the Baby Boom, generation X, and the millennials. The generations are most differentiated by the time period they were born in, as well as the attitudes that they have about their place in the world.
To many, the Baby Boomer Generation is nothing more than a generation of outdated, out of touch, people who went through their lives stoned out of their minds. However, the Boomer generation was much more than that. They were a generation of movers and shakers, a generation of people who, in the wake of the “greatest generation,” brought about a cultural revolution.
Though many people have different opinions on when the Baby Boom started, the United States Census Bureau considers them to have been born between the years 1946 and 1964. The Boomers were born to the adults of the greatest generation, and due to their upbringing in the prosperity of the post World War 2 era, they were somewhat spoiled. However, the Boomer generation’s greatest strength comes not from its perseverance of great trials, though it had many, but from its rejection of the traditional ideals of racism and sexism (Stienhorn 16).
For many people of the Boomer generation, ideals such as equality and coexistence reigned above all others. The boomers were responsible for the beginning of the decline of racism and sexism in America, bringing about the movements for the rights of both blacks and women. They began to bring about the end of intolerance in the modern...

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Works Cited
Books
Greenberg, Eric. Generation We-- How the Millennial Youth Are Taking over America and Changing Our World Forever. Emeryville, C.A.: Pachatusan, 2008. Print.
Gordiner, Jeff. X Saves the World-- How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking. New York, N.Y.: The Penguin Group, 2008. Print.

Steinhorn, Leonard. The Greater Generation-- in Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy. New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 2006. Print.
Websites
Stanton, Glenn T. "Generational Values and Desires." Focus On The Family. Focus On The Family, June 2012. Web. 15 Mar. 2014.
"Generation X." Generation X. Yaia, n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2014. .

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