I [[Storbritannien]] blev generation X kendt som 'Thatcher-børn', fordi de voksede op i de socialt set turbulente år 1979-1990, hvor [[Margaret Thatcher]] var premierminister.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thatcher's children: the lives of Generation X|url=http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-events-and-publications/news/news-items/thatcher-s-children-the-lives-of-generation-x/|access-date=2. august 2016|publisher=Economic and Social Research Council|date=11. marts 2016|archive-date=29. juli 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729024605/http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-events-and-publications/news/news-items/thatcher-s-children-the-lives-of-generation-x/|url-status=dead}}</ref> I [[Sydafrika]] voksede generationen op i de politisk højspændte sidste år af [[apartheid]]-styret.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schenk|first1=Jan|title=Locating generation X: Taste and identity in transitional South Africa|url=https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/item/22088/Schenk_Locating_Generation_X_Taste_2012.pdf?sequence=1|access-date=25. august 2016|issue=CSSR Working Paper No. 284|publisher=Centre For Social Science Research|date=november 2010|archive-date=26. august 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826202032/https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/item/22088/Schenk_Locating_Generation_X_Taste_2012.pdf?sequence=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> I USA voksede generationen op med den nyindførte lovgivning mht [[Borgerlige rettigheder|borgerrettigheder]] og var de første børn, der blev kørt i skolebus, så at hvide og sorte børn blev blandet. I 1990-erne gik X'erne for at være den mindst racistiske amerikanske aldersgruppe.<ref name="Strauss"/><ref name="Retail">{{cite news|title=Generation X|url=http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/07/running-a-cart-or-kiosk/generation-x/|access-date=19. juni 2016|publisher=Specialty Retail|date=Summer 2003|archive-date=23. juni 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623105506/http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/07/running-a-cart-or-kiosk/generation-x/|url-status=dead}}</ref> I 1972 blev i amerikanske skoler piger ligestillet med drenge mht gymnastikundervisning.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Underwood|first1=Chuck|title=America's Generations With Chuck Underwood - Generation X|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ZGuilmLcc|access-date=19. juni 2016|publisher=PBS}}</ref> I Rusland omtales X-erne som 'de sidste Sovjet-børn', idet [[Sovjetunionen]] stadig eksisterede i deres barndom.<ref name="McCrindle">{{cite news|last1=McCrindle|first1=Mark|title=Generations Defined|url=http://mccrindle.com.au/resources/whitepapers/McCrindle-Research_ABC-01_Generations-Defined_Mark-McCrindle.pdf|access-date=18. juni 2016|publisher=McCrindle Research Center|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616232732/http://mccrindle.com.au/resources/whitepapers/McCrindle-Research_ABC-01_Generations-Defined_Mark-McCrindle.pdf|archive-date=2016-06-16|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref>
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