I first became aware of the problem of ageism when reading an interview with the great American author and philosopher, Louis L'Amour, in an airline magazine.
Sometime in the late 70s, flying on Pacific Southwest Airlines, an airline which is now sadly out of business, I read an interview with Mr.
L'Amour whose work I had seen in hundreds of grocery stores and whom I
had never read, and he advised:
Never tell your
age. There is too much ageism in America.
Although
I was in my early 20s, I somehow knew that I was hearing the voice
of experience, and that I should take his advice.
Louis L'Amour at his typewriter in Los Angeles
revised 8/7/2016
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