Commentary: Why do we talk about older people so negatively?
Age matters, but so do words. While pundits debate President Joe Biden’s cognitive fitness for office and the possible motivations behind prejudicial language contained in special counsel Robert K. Hur’s classified documents report, the rest of us have a different problem: the “elderly.” Older people themselves aren’t the issue, but the way we talk about them is. We must change the language ...
by Stacy Torres, Los Angeles Times
Feb 16, 2024
2 minutes
Age matters, but so do words.
While pundits debate President Joe Biden’s cognitive fitness for office and the possible motivations behind prejudicial language contained in special counsel Robert K. Hur’s classified documents report, the rest of us have a different problem: the “elderly.”
Older people themselves aren’t the issue, but the way we talk about them is. We must change the language
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