ghettoize
/ˈɡɛtoʊaɪz/
verb
- To force or confine a group of people to a specific, often poor or isolated area, especially based on race, religion, or ethnicity.
- Historically, many cities used discriminatory laws to ghettoize Jewish populations.
- The government's housing policies effectively ghettoize minority communities in the poorest parts of the city.
- Without affordable housing options, we risk continuing to ghettoize low-income families on the outskirts of town.
- To treat or regard a group of people as separate, inferior, or limited to a particular role or activity, often in a social or professional context.
- Some companies ghettoize female employees by only assigning them to administrative tasks.
- We shouldn't ghettoize students with disabilities by placing them all in separate classrooms.
- The film industry tends to ghettoize older actors, offering them only small, stereotypical roles.
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