Lauding the efforts of a colleague of mine to end ageism, I passed along the link to her recent TED Talk. One of its recipients took umbrage, interpreting her remarks as divisive. On the contrary.
We all age. Ageism is a judgement, applied to both young people and those older, which assumes that because of chronology one is not good enough, less than, lacking, or in some way flawed.
It is the same judgement embodied by all isms whether the defining characteristic is race, gender, ability, sexual orientation, religion, nationality or culture. The other is always perceived as not good enough, less than, lacking, or in some way flawed.
Whenever we judge someone for their unique human characteristics I believe that we also demean their inherent divinity.
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