ghettoization
Systematic neighborhood segregation
Ghettoization is the process of turning an area into a ghetto—a segregated, often impoverished neighborhood where a particular group is concentrated.
The term applies to deliberate policies or organic social forces that isolate communities by race, ethnicity, or class: the ghettoization of Black neighborhoods through redlining.
It extends figuratively to any marginalization or compartmentalization: the ghettoization of women's literature into a separate canon.
Impoverished urban district
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- inner-cityCentral part of metropolis
- projectsOrganized efforts toward goals
- favelaBrazilian informal settlement
barrio · township · housing · overcrowding · substandard · dilapidation · blight · squalor
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
stereotyping · xenophobia · casteism · classism · ethnocentrism · scapegoating · intolerance · bias
Surrounded distinct territory
- redliningRefusing loans by neighborhood
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- sundown townsSegregated communities expelling minorities nightly
blockbusting · zoning · residential · boundary · barrier · divide · ethnic enclave · partition
State of extreme deprivation
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- underclassLowest socioeconomic group
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
penury · indigence · disinvestment · joblessness · welfare · want · subsistence · underdevelopment
State of being restricted
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- separationState of being apart
withdrawal · alienation · detachment · cordoning · walling · restriction · containment · sequestration
Nazi genocide of Jews
- pogromViolent persecution of minorities
- shtetlHistoric Jewish village
- paleLacking color intensity
- NaziGerman fascist party member
Kristallnacht · persecution · expulsion · concentration · forced relocation
Assigning identifying markers
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
- denigrationUnjust attack on reputation
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- disgraceLoss of honor
infamy · defamation · stereotype · social exclusion · mark · branding · shame · taint
slum
Impoverished urban district
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- inner-cityCentral part of metropolis
- projectsOrganized efforts toward goals
favela · barrio · township · housing · overcrowding · substandard · dilapidation · blight · squalor · density
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
marginalization · stereotyping · xenophobia · casteism · classism · ethnocentrism · scapegoating · intolerance · bias · inequality
enclave
Surrounded distinct territory
- redliningRefusing loans by neighborhood
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
sundown towns · blockbusting · zoning · residential · boundary · barrier · divide · ethnic enclave · partition · separation
impoverishment
State of extreme deprivation
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- underclassLowest socioeconomic group
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
hardship · penury · indigence · disinvestment · joblessness · welfare · want · subsistence · underdevelopment
confinement
State of being restricted
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
separation · withdrawal · alienation · detachment · cordoning · walling · restriction · containment · sequestration · corralling
Holocaust
Nazi genocide of Jews
Nazi · Kristallnacht · persecution · expulsion · concentration · forced relocation
labeling
Assigning identifying markers
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
- denigrationUnjust attack on reputation
- ostracismBanishment from a group
disgrace · infamy · defamation · stereotype · social exclusion · mark · branding · shame · taint · pariah
- Jewish HistoryHolocaust, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon
- oppressionoppression, tyranny, racism, repression, secret police
- antisemitismHolocaust, pogroms, blood libel, Kristallnacht, Nuremberg Laws
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism
- identity studiesethnic studies, racial identity, ethnic identity, identity politics, identity formation
ghettoizationintegration
Combining into a whole
desegregation · assimilation · inclusion · mainstreaming · social integration
ghettoizationdispersal
Spreading in many directions
scattering · diffusion · distribution · decentralization · suburbanization
ghettoizationempowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
enfranchisement · uplift · social mobility · equalization · gentrification
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