No longer seen as a minority, as a category of Americans, however the elderly do face social and economic disadvantages. But differ from blacks, Hispanics and women.

The elderly are a diverse category of people including men and women, all races and ethnicities, and members of every social class and from all walks of life.

In other words, they are unlikely to define themselves collectively as old people,
by hanging out flags, declaring their senior status. On the contrary, although aware of their age the elderly commonly think of themselves in other social categories.

Privately disadvantaged

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Many of us “Baby Boomers” are each beginning to feel our age, and we’re starting to live it too. Every morning, clock radios everywhere announce the start of another day. As a typical boomer rolls out of bed, an old ache, pain, and/or little worry makes its presence known, just like the day before. The same beverage — coffee, tea, or maybe even caffeinated soda — is ingested in an attempt to energize the same tired face reflected in the morning mirror.

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