{"id":18297,"date":"2020-06-30T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gen-z-were-the-greatest-generation\/"},"modified":"2020-06-30T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:55:00","slug":"gen-z-were-the-greatest-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gen-z-were-the-greatest-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gen-Z: We\u2019re the greatest generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Gen-Z: We\u2019re the greatest generation<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Cameron Koffman is only 23 \u2014 but that hasn\u2019t stopped him from running for State Assembly on the Upper East Side, where he lives in his parents\u2019 apartment.<\/p>\n

\u201cExperience is less relevant in my opinion,\u201d says Koffman, whose campaign manager, policy director and mobilization staffer are also all 23 years old. He\u2019s hoping to switch things up in Albany with his \u201cpragmatic progressive\u201d platform and says \u201cthere\u2019s something wrong and icky\u201d with current politics. \u201cWho here has had experience dealing with a pandemic, a legislator with 40 years experience or zero? No one has dealt with this before.\u201d<\/p>\n

The confident 20-something \u2014 who\u2019s still waiting on the bulk of ballots, many absentee, to be counted \u2014 says he and others who belong to Generation Z \u201cdon\u2019t do things lightly.\u201d From politics to meme-ing, the group is deadly serious about changing the world. \u201cWe\u2019re very tied to our beliefs,\u201d says Iza Schilling, 19, an Upper West Sider who says it\u2019s common for her cohort to \u201ccut people off\u201d if political differences come up.<\/p>\n

According to a 2018 study by McKinsey, members of Gen Z \u201cvalue individual expression and avoid labels,\u201d which can make them hard to pin down. That said, the researchers found that they have no problem making friends and finding communities online, they\u2019re obsessed with \u201cauthenticity\u201d both personally and in pop culture, and they believe that they can change the world for the better. \u201cGen Z is coming of age entirely in a post-9\/11 world,\u201d says Ruth Igielnik, a Pew researcher who studies the group extensively. She defines Gen Z as anyone born after 1996 and calls the group \u201ctrue digital natives.\u201d<\/p>\n

This generation was born at the height of the dot-com bubble, and you don\u2019t want to get on the wrong side of their screens.<\/p>\n

Gen Z recently made headlines for pranking President Trump by booking up hundreds of seats at his June 20 campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and coordinating the coup on the video platform TikTok. Teens there and in the K-Pop community \u2014 that\u2019s fans of South Korean bands such as BTS \u2014 took credit for the partially empty stadium, earning praise from progressive millennials such as Bronx Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others online.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to be in Gen Z. We\u2019re super inclusive and welcoming,\u201d says Schilling, a Fordham University sophomore majoring in digital technologies and emerging media<\/a> who says she introduces herself at parties with her preferred pronouns. \u201cI say, \u2018Hi, I\u2019m Iza, my pronouns are she and hers, what are yours?\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iza Schilling<\/span>Emma Avital<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For them, diversity isn\u2019t just about race and sexual orientation, but gender identity and \u201cinvisible disabilities\u201d such as mental illness.<\/p>\n

For example, Igielnik says Gen Z-ers are more likely than their millennial counterparts to know someone who uses gender-neutral pronouns such as \u201cthey.\u201d \u201cTo them, it\u2019s kind of second nature,\u201d she says, noting that Gen Z and millennials skew more liberal than Gen X and Boomers. Their hyperfocus on self-expression leads them to love characters that live-stream their lives, as opposed to the more polished celebs coming out of Hollywood or the Disney Channel.<\/p>\n

Some Gen Z faves who have their followers wrapp<\/a>ed around their finger: singer Billie Eilish \u2014 known for her gender-bending style and being open about her depression in her songs \u2014 and the uber-popular YouTuber PewDiePie (real name Felix Kjellberg), the highly controversial video-game<\/a> streamer whose adoring fans delight in his off-the-cuff commentary.<\/p>\n

Schilling says user-generated content is \u201cmore raw\u201d than what she might find on Netflix or cable. Relatability is the coin of the realm online, with the goal of baring personal details to followers in order to appear more authentic.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy generation cracks jokes about having depression. We can get very dark,\u201d says Schilling, who dreams of upgrading her videography equipment and creating a travel<\/a> vlog. \u201cI remember there was a serial killer loose on the East Coast, and I saw Gen Z kids commenting on his Instagram, \u2018Come to Maryland next!\u2019 because he was kind of cute.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019re willing to make fun of themselves, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing hypervulnerable on social media gives me strength,\u201d says Keven Victoria, 19, an Ossining, New York, native who toggles between his Twitter (@fructosepapi), Instagram (@keven.victoria) and TikTok (@latinotwink) accounts throughout the day. \u201cI enjoy screaming into the void. Whenever I talk about dating, like about cheating or when a guy abandoned me at a music festival, people can relate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Keven Victoria<\/span>Courtesy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He says his generation\u2019s \u201coversharing\u201d about hot-button issues such as mental health \u2014 \u201cSometimes I post a video about being completely manic\u201d \u2014 makes them more willing to speak out when it comes to issues such as racial justice. But that can make IRL interactions awkward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever I meet someone in person, there\u2019s this social barrier of not wanting to open up because I don\u2019t really know them,\u201d says Schilling, \u201cBut in reality, I know them a lot because it\u2019s like I\u2019m reading their personal diary online through their Twitter or Instagram.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe that\u2019s why when the pandemic forced everyone inside and swapped real-life hangouts for Zoom happy hours, Gen Z was unbothered. \u201cIt sucks that we can\u2019t go outside, but I just FaceTime my friends, which is what I\u2019d be doing anyway,\u201d says Victoria, who adds that he\u2019s been keeping up virtual relationships with out-of-state friends since his early teens. \u201cI didn\u2019t really vibe with anyone at my high school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back then, Victoria managed to land a sponsorship deal with Clean & Clear acne products, earning enough money through Instagram ads to book a plane ticket to Miami to hang out with friends he met through what he calls \u201cgay Twitter.\u201d Victoria and his peers are resourceful at getting what they want through the internet.<\/p>\n

Igielnik calls the group \u201chighly adaptable to this moment\u201d in part because they\u2019ve lived through upheaval before. \u201cWe are completely desensitized to crisis,\u201d says Schilling, who credits her generation\u2019s steely political resolve to cultural flashpoints like the 9\/11 attacks, school shootings\u00a0and now the COVID-19 pandemic. This most recent health crisis is forcing the group to make tough decisions about returning to college.<\/p>\n

\u201cI might take a leave of absence next year,\u201d says Victoria, who\u2019s disappointed that courses will still be online come fall for his sophomore year \u2014 for the full tuition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a complete scam,\u201d he says. \u201cI was there for the classes, and the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s important for his parents that he get a college education, something he says he\u2019s \u201cgrateful for,\u201d Victoria isn\u2019t convinced that a Stanford degree will get him where he wants to be financially. \u201cEducation is really powerful, but I don\u2019t necessarily think college is essential,\u201d he says. \u201cEducation can come from anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ironically, Victoria may use his time off from virtual college courses to more carefully craft his online presence. \u201cThere\u2019s so many experiences you can get from social media, if you get that social standing,\u201d says Victoria, who is working on snapping up lucrative brand partnerships and \u201cdedicating more time\u201d to his channels, much like his favorite YouTuber.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn [YouTuber] Bretman Rock\u2019s older videos, you can tell he lives in an apartment complex,\u201d says Victoria. \u201cNow, with all the money he\u2019s made, he was able to move into a big house with a stripper pole in the living room.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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“#Gen-Z: We\u2019re the greatest generation” Cameron Koffman is only 23 \u2014 but that hasn\u2019t stopped him from running for State Assembly on the Upper East Side, where he lives in his parents\u2019 apartment. \u201cExperience is less relevant in my opinion,\u201d says Koffman, whose campaign manager, policy director and mobilization staffer are also all 23 years…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29972],"class_list":["post-18297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-gen-z-were-the-greatest-generation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}