Well people tend to put the beginning of the Zoomer generation somewhere in the late 90s- one good defining standard I heard was that if you're too young to remember 9/11 you are a zoomer.
Some people put it a bit earlier around 1995-1996 but I've heard convincing arguments that there's kind of a mini in between generation in that range that doesn't fit into either millennial or zoomers and has its own identity.
In any case I was born in early 2001, so definitely a zoomer regardless of one's definition.
And yes I agree with regard to the people staying in academia the longest being the most leftist. It's a chicken or egg situation as to whether they make academia more leftist by their presence or they stay in academia because it was already leftist to begin with.
Hah! I was in college when you were born, and maybe in 2002 there was a big debate on campus about political registration of professors. It was pointed out that like 29/30 history professors were registered dem. 10/10 art history. 14/14 anthropology. 22/25 economics professors. etc. (made up numbers, but roughly in those quantities), Unsurprisingly, the VAST majority of professors were registered dems.
I remember attending a debate that was held between the campus conservative group and a campus liberal group. One professor actually stood up and said "Well, conservatives just aren't interested in pure learning--they're not interested in becoming professors because they want to join private industry. We don't discriminate against conservatives in hiring, because they're aren't any."
While it may or may not be true that many conservatives ARE more driven to start businesses, etc., she was totally blind to the fact that making statements like "Conservatives aren't interested in learning" or organizing a art history curriculum that is entirely Marxist, feminist, queer, etc, rather than just ... focused on history and art ... they drive out anyone that doesn't fit in to their mold.
So yeah, it is a chicken or the egg situation, but the chickens also smash all the eggs that don't fit nicely into their nests.
Well people tend to put the beginning of the Zoomer generation somewhere in the late 90s- one good defining standard I heard was that if you're too young to remember 9/11 you are a zoomer.
Some people put it a bit earlier around 1995-1996 but I've heard convincing arguments that there's kind of a mini in between generation in that range that doesn't fit into either millennial or zoomers and has its own identity.
In any case I was born in early 2001, so definitely a zoomer regardless of one's definition.
And yes I agree with regard to the people staying in academia the longest being the most leftist. It's a chicken or egg situation as to whether they make academia more leftist by their presence or they stay in academia because it was already leftist to begin with.
Hah! I was in college when you were born, and maybe in 2002 there was a big debate on campus about political registration of professors. It was pointed out that like 29/30 history professors were registered dem. 10/10 art history. 14/14 anthropology. 22/25 economics professors. etc. (made up numbers, but roughly in those quantities), Unsurprisingly, the VAST majority of professors were registered dems.
I remember attending a debate that was held between the campus conservative group and a campus liberal group. One professor actually stood up and said "Well, conservatives just aren't interested in pure learning--they're not interested in becoming professors because they want to join private industry. We don't discriminate against conservatives in hiring, because they're aren't any."
While it may or may not be true that many conservatives ARE more driven to start businesses, etc., she was totally blind to the fact that making statements like "Conservatives aren't interested in learning" or organizing a art history curriculum that is entirely Marxist, feminist, queer, etc, rather than just ... focused on history and art ... they drive out anyone that doesn't fit in to their mold.
So yeah, it is a chicken or the egg situation, but the chickens also smash all the eggs that don't fit nicely into their nests.