While it is not indicated in the article, by addressing the key issues that are painting a negative picture of the current generation, Kwame, a novelist, lawyer, and politician, emerges as an activist and a critical thinker. He begins his discussion and arguments by first giving it a context. Primarily, he goes back in history to examine some of the practices such as wife battering that was previously socially acceptable but are no longer considered relevant or ethical. He then travels from the past to the present and then creates a connection by pausing the question, “What were people thinking?” In so doing, he highlights four practices that the present generation is practicing, which will, in the future used in