verb
- confining or restricting a group of people to a specific area or limiting their access to resources, opportunities, or services
Usage: present participle of 'ghettoise' (British spelling); American spelling is 'ghettoizing'; often used in social or political contexts to describe systemic exclusion
Examples
- The policy of ghettoising minority communities limited their economic opportunities.
- Critics argue that the school system is ghettoising disadvantaged students by concentrating them in underfunded schools.
- Urban planners warned against ghettoising low-income housing in isolated neighborhoods.
- The company was accused of ghettoising certain products for specific markets.
- Ghettoising immigrant populations prevents social integration and perpetuates inequality.