By Josue Vega
Memory lane can be a rough road.Â
I was reminded of this truth this week as I prepped for one of the most sobering interviews of my life. My friend and I are going to revisit a dark time in his life. A time when he says someone violated him physically, emotionally, and spiritually. A time when his suffering was silenced in the name of Jesus.
My heart aches at the thought of bringing back these painful times. As I seek to talk about the generational divide and how each generation handles taboo topics, the line is becoming increasingly more clear to me, even without any quantitative research.
Simply put, here I am, a member of the younger generation, seeking to shed light on some issues that the older generation tried to bury.
This is not a general condemnation of the older generation’s way of thinking. It is an observation of how taboo topics are generally handled between the two generations. Generations is also a broad term because not everyone in the older generations thinks that way.
So, what are some of the issues that need addressing?
Let’s take a deep breath. The waters may get murky from here on out.