Article on Ageism

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/06/07/is-ageism-widespread-in-workplace/

This article talks about ageism in the workplace and one part that I found the most interesting was that it stated how ageism isn't looked at as being as important as sexism or racism, and also how it is very hard to research and find proof of it. In the article Jacquelyn James said “We need to be thinking of age as another element of diversity, as we do with race and gender", and I agree with this completely. I believe ageism does not recieve as much recognition as it should and it can be just as offensive as racism or sexism, and I think we need to conduct more research on this topic. People should not be judged based soley on their age not only in the workplace, but in every place.

Introduction to Ageism

Ageism is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person's age. I chose ageism because this topic sounded very interesting to me. I believe ageism is very common especially to our age group, as teenagers, and I'd like to learn more about it and share my perspectives on it.