I've heard about ageism (like racism, but for people of different ages) since around 2000-2001. Really around the time baby boomers started getting close to ret

I've heard about ageism (like racism, but for people of different ages) since around 2000-2001. Really around the time baby boomers started getting close to retirement age and some companies decided it was a better deal to fire them or lay them off than pay the pensions they had earned, and also with the DotCom boom where startups would only hire 20-somethings. It's not really a new term.