Struggle & Activism

   The Elderly people are very peaceful when fighting for their rights as human beings. Over the curse of time many discrimination of elderly people have surface and lots of groups have emerge defending them.Int he following essay I will describe how the elderly people have fought for their rights and the deferent methods they used .


  The Gray Panthers movement in 1971 advocated nursing home reform and fighting ageism. The group over the years have organized peaceful marches also the suede pharmaceutical companies Also the AARP have made marches and had won plenty of law suite regarding the elderly . Many elderly don't have the strength to physically fight for their rights and are to peaceful to do it instead they use a nonviolent method to protest like marches, law suits etc . 




In conclusion the elderly people have  fought for their rights in a peaceful way threw non violent marches and law suites.Some elderly people don't have the strengths to physically fight so they use this methods.No matter how old you are you have a voice and it will be heard . 

Mistreatment of Elderly People

   Elderly people in america have been mistreated for many years and are still being mistreated even though  their are laws that go against it. They are sometimes discriminated when they go to look for jobs , some don't have a good health care or don't have one at all ,others are physically abuse .The AAPR has help elderly people fight for their rights and vulnerable older people meet their everyday needs. This essay will describe the elderly people of American struggle.

  In 1947 private health insurance was unable to older Americans. This meant that elderly people afford or pursue healthcare on their own didn't have one .The founder of AARP approached many insurance companies until she found one that was willing to take the risk and insured older people. In the 1960 ageism refers to a systematic discrimination toward a group of people based on chronological age .Elderly people were thought as useless to society simply because some of them may need more care than the average person. These sometimes lead to degrading treatment, inequality and, sometimes, abuse. The Gray Panthers, one of the more remarkable movements to were a pressure group for the rights and dignity of the aged. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 An Act to prohibit age discrimination in employment.

 In conclusion Elderly people were thought as useless to society simply because some of them may need more care than the average person.Thsi is gong agaisnt the huma civil rights that sates that "he human right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food, shelter and clothing".










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The AARP

   The AARP formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons is a group founded in 1958. With over 38 million people that are members of this group much of them being 50 years of age or older. It is a strong group that has been together for over 53 years.The group has AARP magazines, AARP book , AAR TV and radio were elderly people can get all the information they need. This following essay will describe the AARP. 


 The AARP tries to better the life's of elderly people especial in the areas of healthcare, worker equity and minority affairs. It sponsors community crime  prevention programs research on the problems of aging and a mail-order pharmacy. The advocacy group has a budget of over $925,000,000 .AARP has offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.


  Many older Americans are facing financial problems they have to skip meals or cut prescription medicines in half or not even take them at all due to the financial problems. Many are also dealing with the loss of their spouse, their friends and even their purpose in life.Th AARP is an foundation that helps the people who fall through the safety net and struggle to meet their most basic needs.


 For more infromation go to http://www.aarp.org :) !

Blog's You Should Read :) !

Paola's blog - Was very goood it had alot of useful information. I agree ith her when she says taht the Native Amrican's were traeted poorly by the American settler.I dont have any negative critisism towards here blog it was ver good. The thing that surprise me the most in her blog was the quote that stated "Native Americans were peaceful people who promoted tranquility, they even moved to Canada to avoid any fighting with the white Americans " this is veryy true.

Carolina's Blog - This her essay was very interesting since the begining i got caught up with her tittle.I totally agree with her when she says "Native Americans were showed as the “bad ones” according to many movies, they were the ones who were cruel to the whites and did not share their lands with the whites". Its very interestin if you need any help with native American and the way they were treated you should totally check her blog . :))

Katherine's Blog- Her blog has the same theme as mine the assimilation of Native American's this is a very interesting and controversial theme. Many people think the Americans were helping them but they were only making it worst.

Francisco's Blog-  His blog was super interesting and very deatailed . I agree with this quote when he says "
Many movies where they show Indians are savages and killed many people are so called stereotypes. The white men and the Indians used to get  along good I mean real good". I recomed this bolg to everybody you will enjoy reading it .

Ivania's Blog-  I agree with Ivania the Native Americans were forced to move away from their land they didnt have any choice. It was very interesting to read her blog I like that she use examples from the way the Native American lived.

The Native American Assimilation

     The U.S government wanted the Native Americans to assimilate or become like them.

They thought of the Native Americans as less educated, savages and uncivilized just because they had a totally different culture and religion. The government obligated the Native Americans to change their way a life, religion, and culture. The following essay will describe how the U.S government obligated the Native Americans to assimilate.

     The Native American culture was totally different from that of the white Americans.

They believed in medicine men, didn’t have schools, believed land could not be owned, sold or bought and didn’t have a government, law and order. Indians didn’t want to sell their land the government though the best way of dealing with the Indians was to turn them into ''civilized'' Christian farmers. The U.S government obligated the Indians to convert to Christianity, mad them learn English, dress like a white American and to adapt to a whole new culture.

      The U.S government went totally against the Ghost Dance Religion of the Native American. This religion was the belief that the earth will perish and then come alive again in a pure stage were only the Indians will ruled including the dead. The government was alarmed a thought the Indians will do something to get ride of the white Americans. In December 1890 the Ghost Dance religious was banned. This goes totally against the first amendment which prohibits the making of any law “respecting an establishment of religion",

   Not many Indians were happy with the prohibition of the religion and they started rites in Pine Ridge and other reservations. The white officials soon got involved and sent military troops to the reservations. This only made the situation worst the Native Americans started to send messages to other tribes to join but this ended in failure. In December 29 1890 the Wounded Knee massacre occurred many Native Americans were killed.

   In conclusion the white Americans wanted the Native Americans to change their ways of life, they’re culture and religion. They obligated the Indians to convert to Christianity, dress like a white american , go to school, change their name to a Cristian name and learn english. This most haved been hard since the native American had to adapt to a new completely different culture and blend in with the white american society .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanization_of_Native_Americans

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