Gen Z – Asha

One of the things in the readings that stood out to me the most was the fact that Gen Z has “little to no memory of the world as it existed before smartphones” i didn’t find it surprising because yes we are the most technologically advanced Generation but I did find is shocking because it never registered to me that there is a large percentage of the younger gen z will never even understand how life was before everyone had smartphones and advanced technology even when i saw memes that were like “kids today will never know….” it didn’t FULLY register that these kids that are being spoken about are the younger ones in my generation. Another point that stuck out to me is that our generation is the most “racially and ethnically diverse generation” and i agree with that in the sense that we interact with people outside of our own community we tend to learn from the source how their culture works whether it be in person or most of the time through social media platforms. one part that i disagreed with or was more shocked by was the idea that there are 22% of gen z between the ages of 18 and 23 who support Donald trump, while it is a low number its still mind boggling that as the most progressive, open minded, technologically advanced generation there are still some people who support him, but to each their own. The next thing is that gen z is on track to be the most educated generation and I feel because of all the technology in the palm of our hand and the knowledge we have literally in our pockets it would be a shock if we weren’t. at the end of the day im really proud whenever i see my generation winning but i know theres still a lot of work that needs to be done FOR us because sometimes it does feel like other generations put our generation on a pedestal and expect us to be okay mentally.