We must get beyond the binary either/or of
ghettoization versus assimilation that so often has us apocalyptically attacking one another.
By offering an alternative theoretical framework, one that is sensitive to the unique features of the black experience in a southern city, it also complements prevailing race relations,
ghettoization, and proletarian approaches to research on urban blacks.
In fact, it must be seen as a struggle to formulate a new orthodoxy situated in the modern world and projecting another "reality." Its tendency to "
ghettoization" or "dissociation" must be seen as a product of modern history in a global sense as well as its own regional cultural past.
To remedy both the
ghettoization of academic history and the balkanization of social history, Gutman turned his attention to taking the work to the people.
ySTANBUL (CyHAN)- Study after study indicates that political polarization has been on a gradual rise in Turkey and that there is even a chance of polarization in lifestyle, which can lead dangerously to
ghettoization, says this week's guest for Monday Talk.
The segregation and
ghettoization of the Sassi, especially during the nineteenth century, was the most important outcome of these developments and ultimately resulted in the demonization of the cave dwellings, and the displacement of their population.
It was also argued that labeling an artist as Arab in a country such as France, which faces problems with the
ghettoization of its Arab population, could inadvertently reinforce racial barriers.
The more that mosques and madrasahs can be plugged into mainstream society, raising the aspirations of the young Muslims that attend them and providing key life skills, the greater the chances of preventing the mental and physical
ghettoization which has afflicted some British and European Muslim communities, and of contributing to improved levels of education and professional advancement.
He presents demographic data; describes the routes of Muslim migrants to Europe; addresses question of religious and ethnic identity; discusses European immigration polices; and offers his thoughts on Muslim "self-separation and
ghettoization," the status of Muslim women, and Islamic militancy.
They face the same challenge as mainstream magazines to encompass a large and diverse readership in an age of increasing
ghettoization. A magazine like The Gay & Lesbian Review has the advantage of appealing to a fairly well-defined niche, though it happens to be a niche that's techno-savvy and able to tickle the Internet for intellectual stimulation.
Thus the editors seek to avoid the
ghettoization of "Holocaust studies as an area of inquiry onto itself" (p.
One important result of this was that Danish Jews went mostly unmolested, suffering only mild employment discrimination and escaping confiscation,
ghettoization, and even branding with the yellow star--all of which, the Germans realized, would have risked arousing the Danes from their passivity.