Many of the issues now creating stress in our society today can be attributed to my generation. Even though civil rights legislation in the 60's harkened a new dawn in terms of tolerance, racism and prejudice has festered just below the surface. We were kidding ourselves throughout the '80's, '90's, and into the 21st century that tolerance of religious, racial, and sexual orientation was mostly gone from the American experience. Sadly, in my opinion, it took the election of a black president to bring that festering sore to the surface and an openly racist, homophobic, misogynistic president to pop the sore, spewing the infection out and across the nation. His appeal to my generation...for the most part, white, Christian, high school educated, blue collar Americans longing for the '50's and the way things used to be and the exploitation of this class of voters by the far right conservative body politic has blown open a huge hole in good ship America. However, this will pass. As the country evolves and its melting pot history of pluralism, openness, tolerance, and welcoming of the tired and sick longing to be free flourishes and my generation passes, the country's best days will be led by a highly intelligent, multicultural society based on the rule of law.