Generational Change

http://www.voanews.com/content/russian-americans-on-ukraine-conflict/2449789.html

Above is a really interesting article about how Russian Americans in New York are conflicted about the Ukraine-Russia situation. The patterns are similar to some of what we discussed in class.

The first would be the younger generation being more Americanized and having more complaints about Russia's behavior. The argument being that these generations have gone through school and college here, they are used to being able to discuss matters and have spirited debates on difficult issues. They say the older generation tends to view Putin almost as a monarch. That strength in a debate involved destroying the opposition not discussing with them. The older generations are also the ones who aren't speaking English. This goes along with the idea that with each generation, more and more of the original culture is lost as people change to fit into the larger society.