Millennials: Generation X, And New Generations

Millennials As new generations come up and introduce new values, technology, and attitudes to society, many older generations tend to think of the newer generations as lazy or “cutting corners,” instead of appreciating the innovation, independence, and diverse views of the younger generations. The younger generations are subject to the vast narrow-mindedness of the older generations. The older generations, including the Generation X and Baby Boomers, have gotten used to being the newest of generations and being the ones with the new ideas and new trends. Recently, the birth and thriving of Millennials have come under harsh discrimination from people included in older generations. When searching the internet, or simply asking people about the

Very rarely are stereotypes ever positive, helpful, or realistic. The negative connotation is indeed the case when speaking on stereotypes appointed to Millennials as well. Millennials are defined in a variety of different ways, by a variety of different people and sources. Millennials are known as the generation of self-centered, lazy, and the overall worst of generations so far. People tend to forget that, at some point in time, each person was part of the newest, oddest, least-enjoyed generation to come. In years past, each generation has had it’s own hateful name tag. Baby Boomers were “a generation of spoiled children reluctant of growing up,” while the generation directly preceding the Millennials themselves were known as “a coddled generation that complained too much,” according to pages from previous years by both the New York Times, and Newsweek. The foil-proof definition of Millennials in uncertain. However, Howe and Strauss, the authors of, Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069, who are originally known for coining the term ‘Millennials’, define it as consisting of individuals born between 1982 and 2004. This is contradictory of the definition given by Dictionary.com, which states “a person born in the 1980s or 1990s”. By these definitions, the word Millennials would work for any person born within in a twenty year time

easier than in past years. These are physical contributions to the world that have been made thanks to Millennials, but they are by far not the only ones. 15 Economic Facts About Millennials, a article from the White House itself, tells of various effects Millennials have cause or contributed to over the course of their lives. Millennials alone are the most diverse generation in history. This contributes greatly to the acceptance and embracement of different customs, racial differences, and different ways of living practiced by a wide variety of people. The new level of diversity aids in the idea of the different varieties of people all coming together in a collective, harmonized way without the hate and discrimination that was so common in earlier eras. Contradictory to the idea that all Millennials are lazy and looking for an easy way to do things, there are more Millennials that have received a college degree, than any other generation, according to the White House Millennial report. Said report also states that, “ 47 percent of 25 to 34 year-olds received a postsecondary degree (associates, bachelor’s, or graduate degree) and an additional 18 percent had completed some postsecondary education.” Considering, by the Howe and Strauss definition of Millennials, 25 to 34 year olds are, in fact, still Millennials, this statistic