Title
Class Year
2015
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
8-7-2013
Department 1
Center for Public Service
Abstract
“I’d rather not. I don’t like to talk to old people. They make me uncomfortable. They kind of smell weird and make me think about death. Some of them are even racist, so I’d just rather not.”
As part of my internship this summer, in which I helped to coordinate the Friday evening dinners at the Gettysburg Senior Center, putting out advertisements to “hang out with old people” wasn’t exactly an easy task. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Harris, Eric P., "The Forgotten "-ism"" (2013). SURGE. 94.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/surge/94
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Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Community-Based Learning Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Gerontology Commons
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Surge is a student blog at Gettysburg College where systemic issues of justice matter. Posts are originally published at surgegettysburg.wordpress.com Through stories and reflection, these blog entries relate personal experiences to larger issues of equity, demonstrating that –isms are structural problems, not actions defined by individual prejudice. We intend to popularize justice, helping each other to recognize our biases and unlearn the untruths.