thedudeisnotin on Nostr: Thanks for sharing! I can relate to a lot of this. I was born in 81, which was the ...
Thanks for sharing! I can relate to a lot of this.
I was born in 81, which was the last year of Gen Xers according to Strauss-Howe. I feel like I had a blending of both Gen X and millennial upbringings.
I still had a lot of freedom to ride my bike around town with my friends and do basically whatever I wanted. I also have a strong sense of optimism and look back on the 90s with incredible nostalgia.
I was raised to think about individuals, and like you that individuals should be free to do what they want.
I’m white, but have a mixed race sister. I remember clearly that my dad hated the attention she got because she look different, growing up in a mostly white area. When asked “what is she” he would get annoyed and say “she’s my daughter.”
Like you, I thought being friends with everyone and not getting hung up on race things was the path forward. Learning about cultures was cool, and made life interesting, but grouping people together wasn’t the goal. In fact, it was what we fought against.
Now, I have a mixed race family of my own, and it seems the world is going backwards. Although that’s mostly what I read about online. Real life has been great socially for us.
On the economic front, I graduated college in 2005, with a 6-year architecture degree. Starting my career was easy as the economy was booming.
Those who graduated just 2 years after me had a different experience. I was hanging on to my career, avoiding layoffs. But they didn’t even have a chance. Many never worked in architecture at all, after a very expensive degree.
I’ve always felt bad for them.
I was born in 81, which was the last year of Gen Xers according to Strauss-Howe. I feel like I had a blending of both Gen X and millennial upbringings.
I still had a lot of freedom to ride my bike around town with my friends and do basically whatever I wanted. I also have a strong sense of optimism and look back on the 90s with incredible nostalgia.
I was raised to think about individuals, and like you that individuals should be free to do what they want.
I’m white, but have a mixed race sister. I remember clearly that my dad hated the attention she got because she look different, growing up in a mostly white area. When asked “what is she” he would get annoyed and say “she’s my daughter.”
Like you, I thought being friends with everyone and not getting hung up on race things was the path forward. Learning about cultures was cool, and made life interesting, but grouping people together wasn’t the goal. In fact, it was what we fought against.
Now, I have a mixed race family of my own, and it seems the world is going backwards. Although that’s mostly what I read about online. Real life has been great socially for us.
On the economic front, I graduated college in 2005, with a 6-year architecture degree. Starting my career was easy as the economy was booming.
Those who graduated just 2 years after me had a different experience. I was hanging on to my career, avoiding layoffs. But they didn’t even have a chance. Many never worked in architecture at all, after a very expensive degree.
I’ve always felt bad for them.