Aging While Black

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Aging in America is not a race-neutral experience. Firmly entrenched disadvantages</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>compound over a lifetime making Black aging a unique and urgent issue. Yet Black</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>elders don't just survive-they build. Their fortitude has shaped families communities</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and movements for generations.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Drawing on lived experiences cultural knowledge and groundbreaking insights</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Raymond A. Jetson illuminates the power of Black elders. He dismantles toxic</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>narratives about Black aging and offers a transformative vision-one rooted in the</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>strength of community digital empowerment and intergenerational connection.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As the founder of Aging While Black and an AARP Purpose Prize winner he confronts</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>the realities of ageism and racial inequalities while charting a new path-one that</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>embraces innovation connection and the radical possibilities of a future where Black</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>elders are valued empowered and celebrated.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Aging While Black</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is an action guide for change inviting readers to disrupt the</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>established order build powerful connections and boldly imagine a future where Black</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>elders reach full potential and their guidance shapes a more inclusive and just society</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>for generations to come.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For readers who appreciate perspective-shaping works like </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Warmth of Other Suns</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>by Isabel Wilkerson or </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The New Jim Crow </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>by Michelle Alexander </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Aging While Black</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>offers a fresh perspective on one of today's most critical issues.</span></p><p></p>