I can only define my generation through the events I have perceived to be controversial. To be part of me, you have to understand these events. I have not been directly affected by most things I remember, but my mind has consumed them to be a part of my memory. It’s not selective listening, or in this case selective consumption of information…I think it’s beyond that psychological antenna. And I’ve wanted to write a poem about these events since like sophomore year of high school…and I can’t. These events/people speak for themselves.
Rwanda genocide
Darfur genocide
Congo genocide
War on terror
Columbine school shooting
Virginia Tech School shooting
Stockton massacre
Resendiz serial killer
29 total school shootings
KIPP
Romanian Revolution
Zapatista uprising in Chiapas
Croatian War of Independence
US in Afghanistan
Congo Civil War
Selena
Anna Nicole
Tia Johana
Rocio Durcal
Rocio Jurado
Celia Cruz
9/11
HR 4437
Jena 6
Cell phones
Hurricane Mitch
Hurrican Katrina
President Fox
“Kennewick Man”
Clinton’s Sex Scandal
Terri Shiavo
Berlin Wall
Dalai Lama Nobel Peace Prize
World Wide Web debuts
Nelson Mandela
Text messages
Gen Noriega convicted in USA
Vladimir’s Suicide
Ani DiFranco
Olympic games
Stem cell
Kim’s Death due to Leukemia
Mormon church
Facebook
Princess Diana
Myspace
Enron’s scandal
Saul Williams
Computer Virus around net
Pluto
NAFTA
Japanese Earthquake
Nuclear testing
UN additions
Mother Teresa
I’ll be adding to this list as I remember more things
