Sentence examples for are disenfranchised from inspiring English sources
verb
To deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote
Whole groups of Palestinian migrants are disenfranchised altogether.
The remaining Palestinians are disenfranchised, confined to their camps.
Only 0.6 percent of women are disenfranchised felons, compared with 3.3 percent of men.
"We find ourselves in a position where, in essence, we are disenfranchised," Mxakato-Diseko said.
In addition, children are disenfranchised because they are not involved in decision-making processes at school.
We are disenfranchised – class rifts and racial tensions have meant that our voices are not heard.
So, African-Americans had been — and still are — disenfranchised from the great democratic "we".
"It is one thing if 5percentt of the people who live out here are disenfranchised.
In the effort to adapt, the family's women are disenfranchised and its men angered, often to the point of violence.
Markovits's heroines are disenfranchised but resourceful, possessing an innate spirituality, despite, or perhaps because of, the freedom denied them.
Over 20% of the black populations in each state are disenfranchised because of felon and ex-felon voting restrictions.
