Roybal Rose and Adultism

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One of the many overlooked oppressions Roybal Rose brings to attention is adultism. Adultism is the systematic or institutionalized oppression of young people based on their age alone. Adultism is an excellent gate to the understanding of "ism"s, or oppressions, because every person experiences it while growing up. Even white, heterosexual men, such as myself, can experience what it is like to be oppressed. Although often times overlooked, adultism has the same degree of negative effects as many other well known oppressions such as racism and sexism.

Adultism is an often time overlooked oppression because of who it effects and how long it has been going on. Racism and sexism are detectable because of who they effect. One can recognize that "yes, they have been put down, and overlooked because of who they are, because of a physical feature." Adultism effects people not because of a definite feature, but because of age. Adultism is as simple as a sharp, piercing look, or a stern voice from a parent to her/his child. This is often ignored because it is thought to be neces...

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