In this article, the authors move away from approaching generations as static categories and explore how ordinary people, as opposed to scholars, distinguish generations and justify their different responses to cultural diversity in terms of ethnicity, race and religion/belief. The analysis draws on 90 in-depth interviews with 30 residents in the Polish capital, Warsaw (2012–2013). Through approaching generation as an analytical category, the authors identify various differentiating narratives which the study participants employed to draw boundaries between generations, reinforcing the common belief that the youngest Poles are most accepting of diversity. Although generations are seen as the axis of difference, conditioning generation-specific responses to diversity, the accounts emerging from the interviews reveal their relational nature, as well as similarities and points of connection between their experiences.

在本文中，作者不再将世代作为静态类别来研究，而是探讨普通人如何与学者不同，如何区分世代并证明他们在种族、种族和宗教/信仰方面对文化多样性的不同反应是合理的。该分析借鉴了对波兰首都华沙（2012-2013）的 30 位居民的 90 次深度访谈。通过将世代作为一个分析类别，作者确定了研究参与者用来划定世代之间界限的各种差异化叙述，强化了最年轻的波兰人最能接受多样性的共同信念。尽管世代被视为差异的轴心，调节特定世代对多样性的反应，但访谈中出现的叙述揭示了它们的关系本质，