When it comes to diversity, it seems like we all know how to fight certain "isms", like racism and sexism.
But are we doing all we can to fight ageism? You know the discrimination, othering and oppression that takes place toward older people.
“Older” is preferred I’m told to “senior,” “elder,” or the patronizing “senior citizen.” What about those who aren’t? Do most of us even think about what to call an older person?
In my younger days, I bemoaned the struggle against racism and looked forward to the day when we realize we all come to the same end. We age together toward our true common ground.
We are all in a battle against ageism.
Emil Guillermo
As I come closer to my new status as a bonafide PVA, “potential victim of ageism,” I am astonished how ageism is too often ignored, or push aside, bigfooted by another issue that overshadows it. Like governance, or the ability to serve the people. That sounds high minded, but isn’t that just a cover for ageism?
What made me think about it was the recent attack on U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein by unidentified sources who declared their worry that the California’s most powerful senator with the most seniority was “mentally unfit.”
