Swimming upstream in a sea of ageism

"We all swim in a sea of isms. They emerge as humans develop and apply stereotypes as shortcuts to avoid engagement with our fear of difference. Once they are widely accepted, stereotypes tend to become exaggerated and widely understood as objective descriptions of the way life is and was always meant to be. As Gordon Allport noted, at this point stereotypes pose a situational threat to the groups they target."
Amanda Barusch

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