The shift toward racially progressive views appeared across all generations, but was noticeably larger among Millennials and Gen Z’ers. This generation gap was new. In 2012 and 2014, White Democrats’ views on racial equality were fairly similar regardless of generation. By 2018, Millennials had pulled away. By 2020, there was a considerable gap between White Millennials and their Boomer parents, and especially with their Silent grandparents—even when they were all Democrats (see Figure 5.62). Thus the racial reckoning was a period effect, impacting all generations, but was also a generational
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