Who Is Generation Y?
YOU WOULD THINK the mainstream media had learned a lesson from its early stereotype of Gen Xers as slackers and cynical mopes; but judging from most of its coverage of Generation Y, it did not. Gen Yers are typically portrayed as lazy, self-interested kids constantly at risk for drugs, sex, and violence. At best, they are pampered and ill-mannered; at worst, they are hopelessly derelict.
Why is the media so worried about Generation Y?
Gen Yers grew up amid the specters of crack cocaine, designer drugs, and the AIDS epidemic. As 8- to 14-year-olds, they saw the graphic horrors of the L.A. riots following the Rodney King verdict and the fiery end of the Branch Davidian standoff. They watched terrorism become a U.S. phenomenon ...
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