Age and generational discrimination are becoming more and more common today in society. It is common in society for younger people to accuse and assume things of the older generation strictly because of their age. For example, a younger person may assume that someone who driving slow is an older person just because of the speed that they are driving. Another example could be someone of an older generation getting turned down for a job because the bosses feel as though they would not be able to complete the needed tasks as well as someone younger. For the other way around, it is also common for people of the older generation to accuse and assume things of the younger generation because of their age. For example, someone of the older generation may say that a younger person is not quite experienced enough in life to be able to do certain things or know certain things.
One of the most common places that age and generational discrimination takes place is within the workplace. There are some workplaces that will not interview or hire certain people because they are either too young or too old. Also, there are some employers that may assume that younger employees are more able to work quickly and more efficiently compared to older people just based off of the stereotypes that older people are slower.
I think that overall these concepts of age and generational discrimination have developed because people are quick to judge based off of stereotypes that they have heard throughout generations. People fail to realize that every generation, and most people in general, are raised differently. I think if people continue to follow these stereotypes that have been developed by society then there will always be a type of competition between different generations. I think that the best way that we can improve this issue is to continue to have people to ignore the stigmas and for people to accept people for more than just their age. This will hopefully allow people to start to see each other as more than a generation or a number.
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i agree with the stereotypes and the judging. the point of the employees at the end of the day it comes down to business. employers want people that are in shape and healthy. It also depends on the jobs that you look at. If you’re at the park would you want some moody teenager to run the shelter for park passes or a nice older person. If you run a roofing or construction do you want a 70 year old person or an in shape 17 year old high school football player. in some businesses i do understand there is heavy age discrimination or discrimination in general. the dairy queen by me, not that i care to work at dairy queen, is all high school college girls. There aren’t any guys and no older people. They also had a lawsuit against them for it. I understand places like that they shouldn’t discriminate and i don’t condone discrimination of age as i worked at McDonald’s with all the day ladies. they were all great people and worked very hard. In the end some jobs it comes down to a business stand point.
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I really enjoyed your post about age discrimination. You have such a similar view on the subject that I do. It is awful that people are denied jobs because of someone having stereotypes of how old or young someone is. It is wrong to quickly judge someone. I like how you talked about how everyone is raised differently and how important that is in this issue of generational discrimination. Thank you for sharing!!
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