Editing Generation X (section)

=====Post–civil rights generation=====
In the U.S., Generation X was the first cohort to grow up post-integration after [[Jim Crow laws|the racist Jim Crow]] laws. They were described in a marketing report by ''Specialty Retail'' as the kids who "lived the [[civil rights movement]]". They were among the first children to be [[Desegregation busing|bused]] to attain [[Racial integration|integration]] in the public school system. In the 1990s, Strauss reported Gen Xers were "by any measure the least racist of today's generations".<ref name="Strauss"/><ref name="Retail">{{cite news|url=http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/07/running-a-cart-or-kiosk/generation-x/|title=Generation X|date=Summer 2003|access-date=19 June 2016|publisher=Specialty Retail|archive-date=23 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623105506/http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/07/running-a-cart-or-kiosk/generation-x/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the U.S., [[Title IX]], which passed in 1972, provided increased athletic opportunities to Gen X girls in the public school setting.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Underwood|first1=Chuck|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ZGuilmLcc| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/y6ZGuilmLcc| archive-date=28 October 2021|title=America's Generations With Chuck Underwood - Generation X|access-date=19 June 2016|publisher=PBS}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'', based on the novel by [[Alex Haley]] and broadcast as a 12-hour series, was viewed as a turning point in the country's ability to relate to Afro-American history.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Erickson|first=Tamara J|title=What's Next, Gen X?: Keeping Up, Moving Ahead, and Getting the Career You Want|publisher=Harvard Business Review Pres|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4221-2064-4}}</ref>