Every generation has problems. Every one. I don’t dismiss millennial issues out of hand but too often this stuff is framed like they’re the first ones with problems. I grew up in the 80s and 90s concerned we and the Russians might blow each other up. Then in my 20s it did blow up
My generation is the first one where that lifelong job at ibm died. My parents had Vietnam. Their parents had wwii. Nobody has had it perfect.
I don’t discount the Great Recession and college debt but we’re all in the boat.
And also, God maybe I’m way off but so much of this sounds so “white.” I submit maybe I just don’t get it. But I don’t.
My background is what I've always described as lower middle class. We weren't struggling most of the time, I grew up in the suburbs and I have no idea what it's like to live in a hood. We had bumps in the road, I had a single mom but her job was white collar.
And it also helped that I’m first generation American. In many ways internally and externally that’s way different than Americans here forever, black or white. I’ve tried over the years to not reflexively label this as stuff as whining. But it’s hard.
It's tough, looking at the great big survey of American life to take a middle class white person - especially a man - at face value when they say theyre burnt out. When you compare their daily burden to almost every other group. I'm not saying it is completely without merit.
... But it's hard. That's the truth. I'm trying to learn otherwise but thats the bias I have coming into these things.
twitter's wrong place to explore this but i'm pretty sure im not the only black person who, when hearing a white person (especially a guy!) from a decent background make some kind of complaint like this, i say "oh, come on."
its like hearing a millionaire say food is expensive
its like hearing a millionaire say food is expensive
And I'm a black guy who was a fan of friends and Seinfeld so if I don't get it, white people I think you're gonna have a problem, maybe.
