AGE-ISM . ANOTHER FORM OF BIGOTRY
AGE-ISM . ANOTHER FORM OF BIGOTRY
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DOI：
10.1093/geront/9.4_part_1.243
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发表时间：
1969-01-01
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
BUTLER, RN
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作者：
BUTLER, RN
马尔科姆·X、克纳委员会报告以及其他各种人物、事件和材料使种族主义的概念为人所熟知。社会阶级歧视也无需介绍。然而，我们可能很快就必须非常认真地考虑我们现在往往忽视的一种偏见：年龄歧视或年龄歧视，即一个年龄组对其他年龄组的偏见。如果这种偏见存在的话，在美国岂不是特别明显吗？一个传统上重视实用主义、行动、力量和青年活力而不是沉思、反思、经验和年龄智慧的社会？在切维蔡斯的富裕社区，最近发生的事件揭示了阶级、肤色和年龄歧视的复杂交织，这可能凸显了这些力量对我们国民生活的影响。 1969 年 1 月 30 日，哥伦比亚特区的公共住房机构国家首都住房管理局就其为贫困老年贫困者购买位于切维蔡斯的高层公寓楼摄政大厦的提案举行了听证会。如果最终获得批准，摄政大厦将成为岩溪公园以西的第一个公共住房项目，岩溪公园是华盛顿特区黑人和白人的传统边界。切维蔡斯的中产阶级和中年白人公民出席了听证会和 2 月 17 日在当地一所公立学校举行的切维蔡斯公民协会会议。他们以各种理由强烈抗议国家首都住房管理局的提案。其中一些被唤醒的公民表明，他们可以像年轻人和异化者一样热情地实践抗议和对抗的政治。切维蔡斯居民对提供他们认为的豪华住房（有游泳池）的提议感到恼火和愤怒
MALCOLM X, the Kerner Commission Report, and a variety of other persons, events, and materials have made the concept of racism familiar. Social class discrimination also needs no introduction. However, we may soon have to consider very seriously a form of bigotry we now tend to overlook: age discrimination or age-ism, prejudice by one age group toward other age groups. If such bias exists, might it not be especially evident in America; a society that has traditionally valued pragmatism, action, power, and the vigor of youth over contemplation, reflection, experience, and the wisdom of age? In the affluent community of Chevy Chase, recent events have revealed a complex interweaving of class, color, and age discrimination that may highlight the impact of these forces in our national life.On January 30, 1969, the National Capital Housing Authority, the public housing agency of the District of Columbia, held hearings on its proposal to purchase Regency House, a high-rise apartment building in Chevy Chase, for the elderly poor. If finally approved, Regency House would be the first public housing project west of Rock Creek Park, the traditional boundary between black and white in Washington, DC The middle-class and middle-aged white citizenry of Chevy Chase appeared at both the hearings and at the Chevy Chase Citizens' Association meeting at a local public school on February 17. They vigorously protested on a variety of grounds the National Capital Housing Authority proposal. Some of these aroused citizens demonstrated that they could practice the politics of protest and confrontation in a manner as impassioned as that of the young and alienated. Chevy Chase residents were irritated and angered by a proposal to provide what they considered luxury housing (there is a swimming pool