What not to do

RACISM: http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2016/10/24/92667270/

This article refers to this woman as an Argentine, when her race is in no way related to the story.

HETEROSEXISM “More transgender people are stepping out of the shadows to live as what they say are their authentic selves — including at the office.” – USA Today

I think this could be insulting as it is implying that they are living in the shadows, or an inferior life. I think there could be a better way to phrase it.

ABLE-BODIEDISM: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/opinion/sunday/becoming-disabled.html?_r=0

The title of this article is “Becoming Disabled” and in the book it said to refer to people as HAVING disabilities, not disabled.

AGEISM: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-millennials-are-coming/

“It's graduation time and once again we say ‘Stand back all bosses!’ A new breed of American worker is about to attack everything you hold sacred: from giving orders, to your starched white shirt and tie. They are called, among other things, ‘millennials.’” 

I think this is an example of ageism because it stereotypes all millennials as being attackers of the workplace. I think that is an unfair generalization. I know that millennials tend to think differently, but I think saying that we are attacking bosses and their way of life is a little bit of a stretch.The other examples I had to do a bit of reading and digging to find, but discrimination against millennials is rampant. It is also common to hear millennials firing back discriminatory comments about how the older generations ruined the economy and destroyed the housing market.  

SEXISM: http://debatewise.org/debates/1916-housewives-are-more-responsible-mother-than-working-women/

In the textbook it says not to use the word “housewife” because it is demeaning. This article uses it several times.

I also found this image. It is sexist because the first ad was created to get women in to the work place, and the second one’s woman is brandishing a mop. 

There has been a huge commotion about this on Twitter, and Swiffer has formally apologized.