Redeeming America

"GENERATION Q"
It is refreshing to see an article written about our generation which does not punish us for being too 'idle' or too humanitarian in times of economic crisis. I wrote this commentary in a response to Thomas L. Friedman's op-ed piece on Generation Q. I thought it pertinent:

Generation Q, the quiet yet intelligent generation wielding promising technological and individual advances sans cohesive emotion, imposition, and deliberation. This is the contradictory critique of our generation; we create facebook groups and blogs, download music, and embody individuality, yet divert ourselves from national diplomatic crisis. We leave social security, national debt, and domestic policy to the older conservative generations. Although I am not here to negate this stereotype, I believe there are several reasons that Generation Q chooses to divert from governmental obligations, many of which have nothing to do with idleness, haste, or boredom.

Generation Q is a global generation more connected than ever before, we supersede geographical constraints and connect beyond political parameters more than our predecessors. We are citizens of globalization, world constituents who respond to international obligations in order of priority. We aren’t knee-deep in social security because we are enraptured in atrocities being committed in Darfur, the war in Iraq, and the disparagement of wealth that divides the world into two economic hemispheres. We are young, idealistic and at times materialistic, but we have compassion and heart. Yes, we are the quiet generation, but we are far from inactive.

We are cultured and educated to the disillusionment of the world. We are emerging from college as the brightest and most promising generation, yet we are unemployed. We spend 90% of our childhood studying and competing under immense national pressure to change all of the mistakes of prior generations. We choose to be silent, we choose not to fight and deli