Youth, and Pop Culture of 1960s
Youth, and Popular Culture in the 1960s 1960s is one of the most transformative decades on the timeline of America, though those old days were gone now, its impacts were still so eventful and momentous that they cannot be neglected even in nowadays (which is already half a century away from then on). The impacts were mostly on popular culture, it had changed people’s view on societies and it had also increased people’s capabilities and tolerance on different cultures, or more specifically, countercultures. The youth movements of the 1960s were extremely remarkable, they were basically due to a series of social problems, in which the activators were mostly young students; they wanted liberty, peace & love, claiming that they were establishing a new America. Though the countercultural movements surely have their advantages and disadvantages, their influence was undeniable and they should be regarded as positive movements since they permanently changed American society. When a youthful and enthusiastic John F. Kennedy became the president of America, the 60s began with high public hopes; the society believed that he was transforming Washington into what some considered a version of “King Arthur’s Camelot”, which was actually due to the elegance and idealism appearance of his administration. Soon the sixties were become the most conflict ridden, turbulent decade in the history of America, the one in which the gap between teens and adults widened to such proportions on so many issues…which caused the youth movements. The political events and wars were the main reason that started the Cultural Revolution which turned the America inside out. At the beginning of the decade, the industrialization of colleges and the extremely close connections between colleges and the Ministry of Defense were just unbearable in some students’ visions; the colleges were full of racists and accomplices of war. The radical youths were enraged by this and were not willing to