This proves my point, right now, about ageism.
A search for "Ageism" on Google pulls up a shocking low return of 652,000 references.
As a point of comparison - "Sexism" on Google presently garners 4,230,000 results, and "Racism" on Google gets a whopping 23,000,000 returns.
No matter what your race or gender, all people are born with the potential, if they're lucky enough, to be aged. Yet, the discourse around ageism is minute compared to that of other biases and cultural prejudices.
In our Social Policy class, a few of us are working on a project about Language, Ageism and Policy. Essentially, we're researching ways that raising awareness about the usage of negative or positive labels regarding the older population can have a cultural impact. The fact that there's such minuscule discussion about the topic of Ageism as a whole confirms that this is a "hidden" problem, though it's hidden in plain sight.
My point is - let's get talking about "talking about" aging and stereotypes!
Now, how can we utilize Social Policy to get that going?
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