Replay: Ashton Applewhite shares Five Things She's Learned about Ageism
Check out the first five minutes of her recent class.
“All prejudice relies on ‘othering’—seeing a group of people as ‘other’ than us—other color, other nationality, other religion. The strange thing about ageism? That ‘other’ is us. Ageism is prejudice against our own future selves.”
– Ashton Applewhite, Five Things I've Learned about Ageism
Ashton Applewhite is a pro-aging activist and the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism.Here’s the first five minutes of our recent 90-minute class in which she shares the Five Things She’s Learned about ageism – and about cheering up, pushing back, and living the life you want to live.
Five Things I’ve Learned about Ageism offers insights and strategies to confront ageism, challenging stereotypes and discrimination based on age. Ashton encourages everyone to examine their own attitudes as they consider the detrimental effects of ageism, and to gain tools they need for raising awareness, promoting integration, and engaging in activism to create a more equitable society for all ages.
Ashton’s conversation with Kris Rebillot is part of our ongoing series, Five Things I’ve Learned about Living Better Longer. These 90-minute sessions share the insights, perspectives, and experiences of renowned researchers and scientists devoted to exploring the ways in which we age and to applying their knowledge to improve our lives.
If you’re eager to discover the insights we need to make the most of the possibilities that await us as we age, this conversation is for you.
Ashton was on staff as a writer at the American Museum of Natural History for 17 years before quitting to become a full-time activist. Ashton co-founded the Old School Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse, blogs at ThisChairRocks, and is the voice of Yo, Is this Ageist?. She’s been recognized by the New York Times, National Public Radio, the New Yorker, and the American Society on Aging as an expert on ageism. She has spoken at venues ranging from universities and community centers to the Library of Congress and the United Nations.
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