Psychology Today, October 31, 2021, Age as a Lens on Pressing Social Issues
Age is a lens through which we can view other crises. This lens enables us to see the intersectionality of issues that appear to be separate. It also exposes the strengths, weaknesses, and inherent, urgent responsibilities of society for young and old alike.
For example, the poverty rate for older people of color is more than twice as high as the rate for all older people. In 2019, Sabrina Terry reported for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition that 83 percent of African American senior households and 90 percent of Hispanic senior households have insufficient money to live out their years, compared with 53 percent of Whites.
