Getting Older Isn't the Problem, Ageism Is

Getting Older Isn't the Problem, Ageism Is

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 651 , Segment 3

Episode: Puerto Rico, Ageism, Protesting at Sporting Events

  • Oct 2, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 17:40 mins

Guest: Ashton Applewhite, Author of “This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism” When’s the last time you joked about having a “senior moment” or lamented the aches and pains of getting old? How many times have given someone over 40 one of those hilarious birthday cards featuring wrinkly cartoon seniors quipping about sags and bags.  Can we just agree that, for all the jokes, aging is the pits? Well, hang on, says author and activist Ashton Applewhite: It’s not aging that’s our problem, it’s the ageist messages that have convinced us being young is better than being old.

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The History of Protesting at Sporting Events

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Guest: Richard Kimball, PhD, Professor of History, Brigham Young University Fewer pro-football players knelt during the national anthem at NFL games on Sunday. Most teams either stood together, arms linked during the anthem or - in the case of the a few teams - knelt first as a team and then stood for the anthem. When the Baltimore Ravens took a knee before standing for the Star Spangled Banner, the crowd booed. The kneeling began as a protest for racial justice, but President Trump’s tweets reframed it as a question of patriotism – those who fail to stand during the anthem show disrespect for the flag, the country and the military, he says. Let’s have a look at the history of protest by athletes during the national anthem in the US.

Guest: Richard Kimball, PhD, Professor of History, Brigham Young University Fewer pro-football players knelt during the national anthem at NFL games on Sunday. Most teams either stood together, arms linked during the anthem or - in the case of the a few teams - knelt first as a team and then stood for the anthem. When the Baltimore Ravens took a knee before standing for the Star Spangled Banner, the crowd booed. The kneeling began as a protest for racial justice, but President Trump’s tweets reframed it as a question of patriotism – those who fail to stand during the anthem show disrespect for the flag, the country and the military, he says. Let’s have a look at the history of protest by athletes during the national anthem in the US.