ghettoization
- a word derived from ghettoize.
Example Sentences
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For many Native Americans, home was a reservation, a U.S. government euphemism for open-air ghettoization, and the setting of memorable novels by Sherman Alexie, Louise Erdrich and Leslie Marmon Silko.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2019
Aren’t you—by calling yourself queer, by calling your book a queer book—complicit in your own ghettoization?
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2016
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
‘Angels’ marked the complete obliteration of any kind of ghettoization of gay people in American culture.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2010
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
