I think the thing that gets some folks back up with these issues is that there seems to be this idea that to build up one group we need to denigrate and stereotype and put down another.
You don't win friends and influence people doing that.
So disreagarding or labelling opinions as those of the Old, White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant is not OK.
It's ageist, racist and religiously intolerant because it supposes an intellectual inferiority on a specific group
It's a sloppy generalisation because amongst that group there are many different points of view and life experiences, some rivalling those of minority groups.
It's a bit like the 'Boomer' tag.
The generation that grew up without computers, mobiles even television (our family didn't own one until I was ten)
The generation who knew fathers scarred by the horrors of war.
The generation who have spent 40-50 years of their lives paying taxes and setting money aside in super.
A lot of us are comfortable in our elder years...but we've worked most of our life and money still needs to be watched.
From year 10 onwards we lost most of our friends and at a guess only about a third went on to college and university.
The rest had to leave and get to work.
And during our uni and college days, much like today, many of us held down part time jobs
We don't all own houses by the bay and nice boats.
My family weren't that badly off as a youngun but I remember mum used to like the rainy days...the debt collectors didn't seem to come around as often.
Things were a little easier still when she started work, but that meant our afternoons had a few chores before we finally got to watch Shintaro.
They weren't all "Happy Days"
So be careful with labels.
History is the past.
We can't change that
Education, support and lifting up the downtrodden and neglected is what the future should be about.
You don't win friends and influence people doing that.
So disreagarding or labelling opinions as those of the Old, White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant is not OK.
It's ageist, racist and religiously intolerant because it supposes an intellectual inferiority on a specific group
It's a sloppy generalisation because amongst that group there are many different points of view and life experiences, some rivalling those of minority groups.
It's a bit like the 'Boomer' tag.
The generation that grew up without computers, mobiles even television (our family didn't own one until I was ten)
The generation who knew fathers scarred by the horrors of war.
The generation who have spent 40-50 years of their lives paying taxes and setting money aside in super.
A lot of us are comfortable in our elder years...but we've worked most of our life and money still needs to be watched.
From year 10 onwards we lost most of our friends and at a guess only about a third went on to college and university.
The rest had to leave and get to work.
And during our uni and college days, much like today, many of us held down part time jobs
We don't all own houses by the bay and nice boats.
My family weren't that badly off as a youngun but I remember mum used to like the rainy days...the debt collectors didn't seem to come around as often.
Things were a little easier still when she started work, but that meant our afternoons had a few chores before we finally got to watch Shintaro.
They weren't all "Happy Days"
So be careful with labels.
History is the past.
We can't change that
Education, support and lifting up the downtrodden and neglected is what the future should be about.