If you were born in the 1950's, you have no memory of the 1950's at all. As a child, you were shielded from all of the politics and social issues of the time. TV was happy, happy, all of the time.
Tell me what you learned growing up about the House Unamerican Activities Committee, racial segregation, poverty in America, voting rights. Were you even aware they existed when you were growing up? White men had respect for one another. No one else even had a voice. Everyone else knew their place and stayed in it.
I grew up in the 1950's too, and I remember what my life was like. It really was idealique. Endless days of sunshine, blue skies, love and happiness. When I grew up, I realized the reality of it all and it's nothing like you think it was.