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More offspring
editMembers of the greatest generation are also the parents of the Silent Generation, and can sometimes be the parents of their same generation. --TheLennyGriffinFan1994 (talk) 18:35, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Race
editThe article entirely ignores the racist political and social structures of the time, nor does it consider the conditions of any other group than white people (and mostly men). Unless you count the reference to jazz. It's understandable, because being seen as the lynchers and segregationists they were damages the Greatest Generation brand. CRT to the rescue.. 67.245.48.136 (talk) 21:32, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
This article doesn't mention how many people made up the Greatest Generation.
editThat seems like some very basic info which should definitely be there. 98.175.40.11 (talk) 00:48, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
Photo Placement
editWhy is there a photo of small children from Australia under the subheading "United States / Adolescence"?
It doesn't seem to belong there either by age range or nationality. I would move it but there doesn't seem to be a specific subsection about Australia. I don't feel qualified to make the decision to simply remove the photo but did want to draw this to the attention of editors with more experience. 2600:100A:B109:3F0E:0:47:E919:FB01 (talk) 22:09, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
US-centric
editYes, the title is US-centric, even though it does mention Germany. I mention Germany here because the german WWII generation cannot really be called "the greatest", now can it? I say that as a German who lost his biological grandfather in WWII on the Eastern Front… surely not the "greatest generation". And regardless of that, the term is "the greatest generation of Americans" as mentioned in the text. That makes the title not just US-centric, it makes it US-exclusive. jae (talk) 23:34, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, this article is US-centric, as are all the "generation" articles. Baby boomers is probably the least US-centric, but even it is overloaded with a US perspective. HiLo48 (talk) 00:02, 9 March 2024 (UTC)