marginalizations
Pushing to edges
Marginalizations are instances or processes of treating people or groups as insignificant or peripheral to mainstream society.
The plural typically appears in academic or activist contexts discussing multiple forms of exclusion: The study examined the marginalizations experienced by immigrant communities.
Each marginalization pushes someone toward the margins—the edges where they receive less attention, fewer resources, and diminished power.
Unjust exercise of power
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
segregation · disparities · injustice · bias · prejudice · subordination · othering · silencing
Severe lack of resources
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- wagePayment for labor
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
housing · gentrification · displacement · underclass · informal · precarity · debt · access
Rejected, excluded people
- minoritiesSmaller portions of populations
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- underrepresentedInsufficiently present in proportion
- invisibilityState of being unseen
voicelessness · belonging · identity · community · isolation · rejection · ostracism · periphery
Formal communication on subjects
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- postcolonialAfter foreign rule ends
- subalternJunior commissioned officer
Foucault · power · hegemony · analysis · scholarship · research · framework · intersectional
oppression
Unjust exercise of power
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
disenfranchisement · segregation · disparities · injustice · bias · prejudice · subordination · othering · silencing · erasure
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- wagePayment for labor
labor · housing · gentrification · displacement · underclass · informal · precarity · debt · access · resources
outcasts
Rejected, excluded people
- minoritiesSmaller portions of populations
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- underrepresentedInsufficiently present in proportion
invisibility · voicelessness · belonging · identity · community · isolation · rejection · ostracism · periphery · disadvantaged
discourse
Formal communication on subjects
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- postcolonialAfter foreign rule ends
subaltern · Foucault · power · hegemony · analysis · scholarship · research · framework · intersectional · sociology
marginalizationsinclusions
Things placed within
integrations · mainstreaming · empowerments · incorporations · assimilations
marginalizationsvalidations
Confirmations of correctness
affirmations · elevations · amplifications · celebrations · recognitions
marginalizationsempowerments
Grants of authority
enfranchisements · democratizations · equalizations · liberations · emancipations