Joli de
Jesus
ENGL 105
- FRI
2
October 2015
People
in general tend to create different types of stereotypes and
discrimination,
they
group people based on someone's body type, race, gender, etc. and one
of them is
age.
A prejudice against a certain age group and especially the elderly is
call Ageism.
What
makes the topic of ageism interesting for me is that, I am fully
aware that such
discrimination
exists, but I know so little about it nonetheless. I wanted to learn
more about
ageism
because I realized that this is the field of discrimination where,
one day if I am lucky
to
get old, is going to come and affect me. Ageism is similar to the
other kinds of
discrimination,
people who are being discriminated because of their age are being
unfairly
denied
access to benefits. We often forget that seniors are not just
consumers of our
resources,
but they also pay taxes, work and do volunteer tasks just like the
rest of us.
However,
There is a law against ageism. It is The Age Discrimination in
Employment
act
of 1967. It simply states that, an employer should not fail or refuse
to hire and be
deprived of
privileges based on an individual's age. Unfortunately, some
employers think
that aging results
to loss of ability. As a result, they fire older employees and just
deny the
fact that they
were being fired because of their age.
Older
people should be treated with respect. They also contributors to our
society.
The
unique thing about ageism is that, it is a state that we are all
going to arrive at. We also
have
to remember that, experience never gets old.
Works
Cited
29
Oct 2015 <http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adea.cfm>
“Carewatchtoronto-
What
is Ageism? Voices of Senior Citizens & their Advocates”. Web.
Youtube
Genre
: Informative
Topics
: Age , getting old , discrimination, awareness
Rhetorical
Statement : Video , Article
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