deghettoize

verb

Etymology

From de- + ghettoize.

Definitions

  1. To remove from a ghetto and integrate into the mainstream.

    • Wherever they turned there were agencies that moved to deghettoize them, secularize them, enlighten them.
    • It is not enough to suggest that our theoretical analyses are working in the service of calling attention to these students' marginalized positions or deghettoizing them.

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