The End of the Boomer

Andy Horwitz

From the Times magazine:

Then, too, have come the inevitable protests from identity-based interest groups: Latinos and African-Americans in Congress who weren’t satisfied with the number of senior appointments, as well as gay activists lamenting the omission of a gay cabinet nominee. That sound you hear is the last wheezing gasp of boomer-age politics, the cataloging of individuals according to their areas of oppression, the endless process of tallying cultural differences rather than aggregating common objectives. It is a political philosophy that probably made sense 30 years ago but that seems sort of baffling at the dawn of the Obama era, when such interest groups are among the most powerful in the Washington establishment — and when the Man himself is black.

Let’s all hope that the age of the Baby Boomer is coming to a long-awaited and much-anticipated end.

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2 responses to “The End of the Boomer”

  1. tral4398

    Well-written piece. Yes, the Boomer era is ending. Relevantly, as many nationally influential voices have repeatedly noted, Obama is part of Generation Jones, born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a lot of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (New York Times, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) are specifically referring to Obama, born in 1961, as part of Generation Jones.

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  2. Lena

    It is indeed a well-written piece.

    I would not go so blindly against the baby boomers, after all, they created great music and great culture. But a change is definitely needed, and it is already here, anyway. Thank God.

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