Ukujonga kwiGeneration Gap

Ukwahlukana kobuzwe kunye nezizathu zazo

Uninzi lootatomkhulu bekhulile ngexesha lokuxhatshazwa phakathi kwezizukulwana. Njengoko baqhayisa kwinxaxheba yentsapho yamatrika kunye namatriki, bangase bazibuze ukuba: Yintoni eyenzekayo kwisigabana sesizukulwana? Ngaba ihambe okanye nje kwi-hiatus? Okanye kusekhona kodwa ngokubanzi phantsi komhlaba?

Inkcazo

Isiqhelo sesizukulwana siyabonakala ngokubhekiselele kwiintlukwano phakathi kwezizukulwana ezibangela ukungquzulana kunye nokuncintisana noqhagamshelwano, ukudala "isithuba." I-Word maven eWilliam Safire inikeza le nkcazelo engcono: "Isigabana sesizukulwana singabangela ukungabikho kokuthintana kokuthintana phakathi kwabaselula nabakudala okanye ulwakhelo oluncedo oluye lwahlula iinkcubeko ngaphakathi kuluntu, lubavumela ukuba bahlakulele umgangatho wabo."

Ukusuka kwindawo yabo kwintsapho, kwaye nangamava obomi obuninzi kunamalungu entsapho encinane, oogogo nomkhulu bazimisele ngokukodwa ukuba babone ukuba ukungafani phakathi kwezizukulwana kunokuba nxaxheba kubo bonke abo bachaphazelekayo.

Imbali

Nangona kuye kwahlala kukho ukungafani phakathi kwezizukulwana, ukungafani okugqithisileyo eli gama lithetha ukuba alukho ubungqina obuninzi ukuya kwekhulu leminyaka. Ngaphambi kwelo xesha, uluntu aluzange lube luncedo kakhulu. Abantu abancinci babehlala kufuphi neentsapho zabo ezongezelelweyo, bakhonza kwiicawa zabo zobuntwana kwaye bahlala besebenza kwifama yeentsapho okanye kwishishini lentsapho.

Ngokufika kwethelevishini kunye nama-movie, abantu abatsha bavelele kwiimpembelelo zenkcubeko ngaphandle kweentsapho zabo kunye neenkcubeko zabo. Abadlali abanjengoFrank Sinatra, u-Elvis Presley, noJames Dean bawuthola ukunyanzela kwisizukulwana esincinane kodwa babehlala bedibana nokunyanyiswa kwesizukulwana esidala. Kwaye kwafika ama-1960, kwaye amalungelo oluntu kunye neVietnam yaseVietnam babonisa ingxaki enkulu phakathi kwabantwana nabadala

Isizukulwana Gap Namhlanje

Isizukulwana sesizukulwana esasifaka ubungqina kwixesha lama-60 liye lavuswa, kodwa akusiyo amandla okuphazamisa oko kwakunjalo ngexesha laseVietnam, uphando olwenziwa ngo-2009 lubonisa. Uphononongo lwe-Pew Research Centre lufumene ukuba i-79% yamaMerika ibona ukungafani phakathi kwabantu abadala nabancinci ngendlela abajonga ngayo kwihlabathi.

Ngowe-1969, i-Pollup Poll ifumene ukuba ipesenti encinci, i-74%, yabona ukungafani okukhulu.

Namhlanje, nangona kunjalo, nangona abanye baseMelika bebona ukungafani kobuhlanga, abaninzi abanakuboni njengokwahlukana. Oku kuyingxenye ngenxa yeendawo ezahlukileyo. Iinkalo eziphezulu zokungavumelani phakathi kwabancinci nabadala, ngokwe-Pew Research Study, basebenzisa ubuchwepheshe kunye nomculo kumnandi. Oomkhulu nootata banokuthi babone le ntlukwano kubazukulu babo abathathu, abatsha nabaselula.

Kancinci emva kwezi mimandla yokwahlula zidweliswe ezi zilandelayo:

Ulwahlukana kodwa iCandelo elincinane

Ukuba umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwezizukulwana zikhona, kutheni zingabangela ingxabano? Impendulo iphindwe kabini.

Okokuqala, ezimbini iinkalo ezinkulu kakhulu-ubuchwepheshe kunye nomculo-zincinci ngaphantsi kwemiba yezopolitiko. Isizukulwana esikhulileyo sinokuziqhayisa ngobuchule besizukulwana esincinane kwitheknoloji kunokujonga njengengxaki. Ngokuphathelele ukungafani komculo, isizukulwana ngasinye sifuna isimbolo somculo, kwaye isizukulwana esidala ngokubanzi singakwazi ukuqonda loo mnqweno.

Okwesibini, kwezinye iindawo ezahlukileyo, isizukulwana esincinci sithatha ukujonga isizukulwana esiphezulu njengasentla kwisizukulwana-ngokucacileyo umahluko kwiminyaka yama-1960 kunye nokukhala kwayo "Ungathembeli nabani ngaphezu kwamashumi amathathu." Ngokwezifundo zePew, zonke izizukulwana zijonga abantu baseMelika abadala kakhulu njengendlela ephakamileyo kwimilinganiselo yokuziphatha, ukuziphatha komsebenzi nokuhlonipha abanye.

Kwindawo enye abo bahlolisayo babecinga ukuba isizukulwana esincinane sibekezelelana kakhulu kwiintlanga kunye namaqela ahlukeneyo. Uphando oluthile lwe-Pew Research Centre luchaza "ukwandiswa kokwenyuka kwabafazi kunye nabasetyhini" njengendawo ethile yokumahluko, kunye nesiqingatha sazo ukuya kwi-49 ubudala kubona njengento entle, kodwa i-37% kuphela yabantu abaneminyaka engama-50 ukuya kuma-64 kuvuma kwaye u-21% kuphela wale 65+.