Race, segregation and ghettos

Question 1

Ghetto

Answer 1

A place for the involuntary segregation of racial, ethnic or other minorities

Question 2

Race/class definition of ghetto

Answer 2

Refers to black ghettos marked by extreme or concentrated poverty

Question 3

Intellectual ghetto

Answer 3

Voluntary of self segregated affluent populations ex: Jewish ghetto

Voluntary segregation is usually economic

Question 4

Societal othering process

Answer 4

The selection of minorities who are stigmatized, discriminated against and ghttoized

Question 5

Characteristics of ghettos

Answer 5

1. Ghettos are demographically both more homogeneous and heterogeneous than other urban and suburban neighbourhoods (Monoracial but multi-class)
2. Ghettos are apt to be more diverse in land use than other residential areas since they must be self-sufficient
3. Ghettos are likely to qualitatively inferior in all aspects than other neighbourhoods of similar age, class and housing stock due to political and economic exploitation
4. Ghettos absorb and reflect the varieties of marginalization, harassment, injustice and stigma imposed on the involuntarily segregated.