"Do you think most black children who grow up in the ghetto are better off now because they can use the same drinking fountain as I?
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Hmm...so yellowdoghunter is a person of the female persuasion? I did not know that.
This sentence of hers is particularly poignant to me. I'll say this about her statement. Condi Rice, a boomer, could never have become Secretary of State without the efforts of all the other boomers, like myself, who worked to make it possible for those black children to drink out of yellowdoghunter's fountain.
Do all black people have the same opportunities as white folks? Not really. Not yet. But, Condi Rice does. Imagine a Condi Rice in her position in the 1950's, when the boomers were still in grammar school. I can't imagine it.
It's good to be young. I remember that very well. When I was young, I served in the military. I went to college. I began my career. Did I use marijuana? Yes, I did, but I gave it up in my late 20s and set about doing worthwhile things.
This article says that 4.4% of boomers used drugs, mainly marijuana. 4.4%. So? Heck, I take drugs myself these days. A statin for my cholesterol, a calcium-channel blocker for my blood pressure, and various vitamins and minerals. I even have a couple of glasses of wine with my supper.
4.4%. I noticed that the article didn't cover the gen-x drug use. They had the gen-y's drug use in there, though...way higher than the boomers. Fascinating.
Yup, them gen-xers are the salt of the earth. No question about it, eh?
Just an additional note, from the article, to add to my last post:
"Among the 18-25 group, drug use rose from 19.4 percent to 20.1 percent."
Uh-huh....
The 26-25 age group wasn't in there, now was it. I'd be interested in their figures.
Boomers...just 4.4%. Yup, we're a bunch of stoners, all right. Feh!
She's a class warrier; probably lives in a trailor is my guess. Successful people don't typically condemn an entire generation of people.
Educated people don't typically think that maybe it's not a good thing that black can use the same water fountain as whites.
She sounds jealous at the financial success of boomers who have contributed more in tax dollars which funds social programs for the needy than any other generation on earth. Gives more to charities than any other generation on earth. Boomers have taken part in developing medicines which save more lives than ever believed possible. Boomers did more to bring about civil rights for people of color than any previous generation, something she clearly doesn't approve.
I'm sure it's a long list of Baby Boomer achievements but she'd rather play the class card, just like she played the race card.
That she has to pretend that boomers and people on FR are all involved in divorce, drugs, etc., says more about her mind that anything else she could say.