Dear OK Boomers: Power is Taken, not Given

Linda Falcão
Nov 7 · 4 min read

Don’t be discouraged that Boomers don’t get you. No generation has ever been given permission by the one before it to go change the world.

I’m 59, so solidly within the boomer cohort that the “OK Boomer” meme is addressed to. (In case you’ve been living under a rock, it’s the now-viral response to members of the boomer generation who express disdain for the young and/or the issues that the…

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Linda Falcão

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EEOC Settlement judge; Mediator/investigator in sexual harassment/discrimination cases; US Presidential Scholar; Former appellate law clerk; Rabble-rouser

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