Reply #13: Actual experts say Obama and Kagan are part of Generation Jones [View All]

Green's claim that Obama (born in 1961), let alone Kagan (born in 1960), are part of X defies what almost every actual expert says on this topic. I realize that Green isn't trying to claim any expertise about generations, but it would have been helpful if he would have taken some time to research this topic.

Virtually no experts anywhere have said that Obama, or Kagan, are part of Generation X. By contrast, a long list of prominent experts have said that they are part of Generation Jones. Reasearch Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten lots of media buzz; in fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) specifically refer to Obama, and much of his cabinet, as part of Generation Jones.

Here is a 5 minute YouTube video with over 20 nationally influential pundits talking about Obama as a GenJoneser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ta_Du5K0jk

It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:

DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965
Generation X: 1966-1978

Here is an op-ed in USA TODAY about Obama as the first GenJones President:
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm

Here's a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones, with many media references to Obama as a GenJoneser:
http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html