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The Hill: America must check its ageism at the ballot box

First published in The Hill. 

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People For President Svante Myrick discusses the impact of discrimination based on age in critiques of President Biden.

Of all the toxic “isms” we’re trying to purge from our society, ageism is one of the most stubborn.   

Most of us recoil at racist or sexist remarks. But ageist attitudes just don’t seem to generate the same disgust. The American Psychological Association even calls ageism “one of the last socially acceptable prejudices.” And it happens on the older and younger ends of the spectrum.  

Read the full article at The Hill.