Another thing occurred to me, which is that the identifier of "GenY" usually comes with the implied notion that we are the children of GenX--in other words, tha

Another thing occurred to me, which is that the identifier of "GenY" usually comes with the implied notion that we are the children of GenX--in other words, that our parents were boomers, a very specific socioeconomic group that is mostly made up of the white, educated, middle class of the 60's and 70's and excludes large swaths of the American populace: both those who immigrated post-1970 and those whose ascendence didn't take place in earnest until the mid-70's (most African Americans and Hispanics). The idea that all people of our age group are members of GenY is a very GenX-centric notion, based on our supposed genealogical link to the boomers and the Greatest Generation, and the term itself is prone to subtle prejudice. Many people of our age group are not a member of this genealogy, and thus probably (although I can't say for sure) don't identify as "GenY." The obvious implication is that for GenYs to claim persecution by the system they may not be realizing that they subconsciously exclude people that often are much more persecuted than they are, adding another myopic layer to their solipsism.