Reviews for Ageism

The average rating for Ageism based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-02-17 00:00:00 Jack Brown "Racism locates the dominant explanation for the depressed socioeconomic, health, and educational condition of people of color and their over-representation in the criminal justice system in the character of the people themselves, rather than in the structures of power that create the conditions of their lives (292). This book presents an elegant and effective deconstruction of institutionalized oppression. The invocation of the miner's canary as a metaphor is brilliant. It foregrounds a preoccupation with blaming the canary rather than investigating the mine, especially for those who are racially marginalized, and it extends the struggle beyond the most vulnerable to all of those concerned with social injustice in the larger community.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-12-31 00:00:00 Renea Delhafen Great ideas about race and power, but very dense and a bit repetitive.