Marginalization
Marginalization is a process that keeps groups or individuals from having access to power within social, economic, cultural and political institutions; the exclusion, relegation, stigmatization, and oppression of certain communities by dominant / oppressor groups - Robert Schaefer, adapted by Michelle Xie [1]
Examples of marginalized groups
For more on the topic of marginalization, see our definitions page for oppression, and for information on how multiple forms of marginalization interact and compound one another, see our page on intersectionality.
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