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| Changing America's Attitudes on Race Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:00 AM PDT By MATT THORNHILL Note to readers: This article appeared originally appeared in the Richmond-Times Dispatch July 29, 2010 Almost two years ago we observed that the baby boomer generation had played a significant role in transforming attitudes about race in America over the past 40 years. We credited boomers as being the generational "pivot point" in race relations. The thinking was this: Boomers, white and black, were raised by G.I. and Silent Generation parents who generally believed white and black people were not equal, and in many places the laws supported that view. Despite such parental influences, boomers apparently absorbed Dr. Martin Luther King's plea to judge not "by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" and successfully raised the millennials as the first "colorblind" generation in America. Thus, the "pivot" designation. |
| FH Boom Daily Digest – September 1, 2010 Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:46 AM PDT Top News From Today's "Boomiverse" Large Majority of Boomers Plans to Continue Working past Retirement Age Overview: "Baby boomers don't expect to shut the door on their careers when they reach retirement age, a new Charles Schwab survey shows. The brokerage polled boomers between the ages of 50 and 60 - and fully 88 percent of the people it surveyed said they expect to continue working after they become eligible for retirement benefits." Senior Citizens Expand Their Social Network Online Overview: "Baby boomers and seniors are the fastest growing group of social networking website users. Older Americans are increasingly using the Internet to reconnect with people from their past and to seek information and support with medical issues, according to a new Pew Research Center report." Fighting the Muscle Loss That Comes With Age Overview: "Loss of muscle mass affects about 10 percent of men and women over 60 and is a major reason why the elderly lose mobility and cannot live independently, researchers say." |
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