With age and generalization it has become so ingrained in our society. Form under handed comments about someone’s age wether they are older or young, or to making a comment about what time they were born such as “everything is the Millennial’s fault.” Too comments such as “Okay Boomer.” For age and Generation description, it doesn’t matter who you are at some point you will experience this. We all start out young and people look down on us for being inexperienced for not knowing what we should be doing, or for having different ideas and ideals then the last generation. The older generations also face this kind of discrimination. Such as people thinking that they are slower, that they don’t understand things as they get older. Older adults start to be seen as unable to do as they get older and people. Both of these group are able to fall in this category.
Wether it is an older person being seen as incompetent or a younger person because they are incapable of understanding, because they haven’t “lived long enough” both of these parties are so different but are also are treated the same when it comes to discrimination they are seen as something less then they are and they are ignored. There thoughts and feelings are not taken into account. This discrimination can happen to almost anyone all of us are young and experience it and all of us get old and experience this as well. Agism and generalization can effect any race and any class it can happen to all. These experiences are all part of our society because the way that our society sees the young and the old. We all have to work to be more understanding and more accommodating to people. I believe that we can do this and we can help one another.
Conversations on Healthy Aging 