Sadly so many truths in your essay. I have similar thoughts and conversations Chantelle, and often think given our current trajectory something has to give.

I have two sons who as you describe are inheriting a much different world. Perhaps that is part of what happens the times we live in produce people who have to adapt to survive and are built differently.

One thing is for sure, whenever we paint a group of people with a stereotype or the same brush, you can guarantee we are wrong. We are individuals and complex but I know from your essay you already practice and know that.