By the 1960s, a generation of white Americans raised in prosperity and steeped in the culture of conformity of the 1950s had come of age. However, many of these baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) rejected the conformity and luxuries that their parents had provided. These young, middle-class Americans, especially those fortunate enough to attend college when many of their working-class and African American contemporaries were being sent to Vietnam, began to organize to fight for their own rights and end the war that was claiming the lives of so many.
THE NEW LEFT
By 1960, about one-third of the U.S. population was living in the suburbs; during the 1960s, the average family income rose by 33 percent. Material culture blossomed, and at the end of the decade, 70 percent of American families owned washing machines, 83 percent had refrigerators or freezers, and almost 80 percent had at least one car. Entertainment occupied a larger part of both working- and middle-class leisure hours. By 1960, American consumers were spending $85 billion a year on entertainment, double the spending of the preceding decade; by 1969, about 79 percent of American households had black-and-white televisions, and 31 percent could afford color sets. Movies and sports were regular aspects of the weekly routine, and the family vacation became an annual custom for both the middle and working class.
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Credibility gap - (A difference in what is promised or said and what is actually done.)
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In response to “A lesson from Hurricane Andrew” (Sept. 3 Viewpoints):
Leonard Pitts’s column was spot on. We went through Hurricanes Jeanne and Frances in Stuart, Florida, in 2004. We lost our roof and had no power for three weeks. In a disaster like this, you really find out who your friends are – and aren’t. People came out of the woodwork to help, some that really surprised me. Others that I thought of as friends never showed up or called. Black, white, Muslim, Christian – shouldn’t matter when people need help.
Deborah Beck, Iron Station
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In the telegram, intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence in January 1917, Zimmermann instructed the ambassador, Count Johann von Bernstorff, to offer significant financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict as a German ally.
