The Age Quiz

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Most Africans who were kidnapped and shackled in the holes of slave ships were in their early forties.

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Most captains of slave shapes were in their mid-forties.

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All were men.

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All of them spoke the same language.

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Slaves were chained in the dark dungeons of slave ships at night, but during the day, they walked above.

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On plantations, the gender of slaves, not age, informed work in the fields.

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Slaves who were at least fifty years of age were spared many of the abuses of slavery.

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When slaves aged, sometimes, like the grandmother of Frederick Douglass, they were “put outside,” which is where they lived.

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Sometimes, owners of old slaves plucked gray hair from the scalps of old slaves to hide their age.

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Women slaves, as midwives, delivered babies of white women who were their owners.

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Thomas Jefferson was a pedophile.

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Among countries outside the U.S., China has the oldest population of both women and men.

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Tsunami is the correct word for the current increase in the number of older Americans in America.

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In the U.S., White men live longer than White women.

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People with a strong religious faith live longer than those without.

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People who live in rural areas live longer than people who live in urban areas.

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Black men live longer than Black women.

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For Black women, not Black men, weight signifies age.

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As a racial group, Black Americans are not ageist because, during slavery, they were required to take care of older slaves.

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Toddlers see gender, but not race.

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The word ageism was coined by a gerontologist in 1930.

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Unlike the political world, the physical world is age friendly.

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Sixty-five is the legislatively mandated retirement age for workers in all occupations.

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Elderly is an adjective and, therefore, should not be used as a noun that names people of a certain age.

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Black women of the same age as White women look older because dark skin ages.

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In the nineteenth century, white women carried umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun because the sun darkens and wrinkles the skin, and wrinkled skin is a sign of aging.

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Older people, especially if they are women and if they are Black, are homophobic.

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Mega churches are good houses of worship for elders.

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Every old person at the age of eighty should be considered elderly.

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Growing older is more challenging for women than for men.

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As they age, women lose interest in sex.

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Growing older is more challenging for White women than for Black women.

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Ageism is not an issue of social justice in America.

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Women who are gay or bi-sexual are among the most radical of age activists.

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Feminists are not ageist.

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For Black women, pressing their hair is about hiding their age.

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Age is not a problem for Black Trans women because most of them are young women.

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The expression, "an aging staff,” is an age-insensitive description.

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Black people think they are not ageist because elders are members of the family and dearly loved.

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A White man started the billion-dollar business of facial creams and oils that hide signs of age.

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According to Toni Morrison, “edging” is the reality for Black women until they are in their late seventies.

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Dreading Black hair is an economic boom for Black people because the hair is costly.

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Harriet Tubman was in her forties when she was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

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Obama was the nation’s youngest President; Franklin Roosevelt, the nation’s oldest.

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Shirley Chisholm ran for president at the age of 50.

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Lena Baker was executed when she was in her fifties.

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Attorney Juanita Jewell Craft said she would build herself a round room so that they would be no corners.

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In some cities in the Deep South, Blacks live in houses that had been slave cabins.

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If elected, Biden would be the oldest president of the United States.

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SIS was birthed at Spelman during the Civil Rights Movement

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Life expectancy in ancient Greece was 30; in ancient Rome, 35

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In 1790, the median age in U.S. was 16.

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At the beginning of the Civil War, half the population was under 20.

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In 1950, half the American population was over 30.

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In 1994, the median age was 34.

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In 1994, there were as many people over 60 as there were over 30.

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The number of centenarians in the U.S. doubles every ten years.

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By 2030, 8.4 million Americans will be over the age of 85.

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By 2030, 72 percent of older Americans (85 plus) will be non-Hispanic white, 11 percent Hispanic, 10 percent Black, and 5 percent Asian.

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As a group, White men in the U.S. are now experiencing a higher death rate than Black women.

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