ghettoization
- a word derived from ghettoize.
Example Sentences
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Famous names give way to dark histories, including the redlining and subsequent ghettoization of East Palo Alto, but also stretching beyond the region to encompass the Iran-contra affair and more.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
Aren’t you—by calling yourself queer, by calling your book a queer book—complicit in your own ghettoization?
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2016
It was a rebuke to both racial integration and ghettoization.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2015
This lack of contextualization, in conjunction with the apparent reluctance of most video-game publishers to promote their own heritage, has led to the ghettoization of older games.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 11, 2015
Tension rose still further over the next few months as a routine decision about the placement of new public housing escalated into a battle over ghettoization.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
