Recent Generations Compared:
 
              1940 generation        1965 generation     1990 generation
              _______________        _______________     _______________
 
International Defeat of Hitler,      Opposed Vietnam     Changed channel
Achievement   Communism              War                 to MTV
 
Judicial      Legal system should    Legal system should Legal system should
idea          support society        change society      destroy society
 
Technological Moon landing           Personal computer   Beeper, car alarm
highlight
 
Highbrow      Classical              Jazz                Easy listening
Music
 
Lowbrow       Big bands              Rock                Rap
Music
 
Civil rights  Martin Luther King     Malcolm X           Damian Williams
leader
 
Hero          Eisenhower             John Kennedy        Madonna
 
Economic      Raise 60's generation  Develop             Support 60's
achievement                          Sophisticated       generation
                                     Tastes              retirement
 
Fav' drug     Cigarettes             Marijuana           Crack
 
Drug most     Marijuana              Crack               Cigarettes
hated
 
Economic      Work hard - get ahead  Let your parents/   Prepare for
employment
philosophy                           government support  at K-Mart
                                     you
 
Cartoon       Bugs Bunny             Bullwinkle          Beavis and Butt-head
 
Boast         "We made this country  "We are great"      "We are better armed"
              great"
 
Excuse        'I did it for the      'I was upset by     'I was abused'
              country'               world injustice'
 
Sex           Monogamy               Free love           AIDS
 
Youthful      Drag race              Demonstration       Use AK-47 at school
rebellion
 
Movie         Casablanca             Easy Rider          Bill and Ted's
                                                         Excellent Adventure
 
Science       Einstein               Jacques Cousteau    Biosphere II
 
Enemy         USSR                   USA                 not sure where
country                                                  countries located
 
Influential   Eleanor Roosevelt      Jane Fonda          Roseanne Arnold
woman
 
Religion      Monotheism             Atheism             Paganism
 
Enemy         Hitler                 Nixon               Joe Camel
 
Blames        Them-->                <--Them-->          <--Them
                                     (Loses 2-1)
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              Robert L. Richard (written 4-24-94)