Why The 'Ok Boomer' phenomenon is short-sighted
Millennials and Generation Zers have more in common with struggling boomers than wealthy elites our own age
Cosh, Alex
http://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/millennials-and-generation-zers-we-have-more-in-common-with-struggling-boom
Date Written: 2019-11-17
Publisher: Canadian Dimension
Year Published: 2019
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX23873
The "Ok Boomer" meme, which many young people are using online as a rebuttal against supposedly out-of-touch baby boomers, taps into frustrations disproportionately experienced by millennials and Generation Zers -- particularly in Canada's most unaffordable cities. Unfortunately, however, the meme also represents a discourse that ignores the many older people experiencing poverty, discrimination and hardship.
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