Think of other axes of oppression: Trans people are illegalized, women are illegalized, Black people are illegalized, non-binary people are illegalized, First Nations people are illegalized the list goes on.
A note before I begin: though "illegalization" or "illegalized" — I interchange between them — might look eerily similar to "illegal," I am confident that I have made a case for their separation as distinct concepts in the words that follow.
Still, all are illegalized in different ways, and to different degrees.
They were common in various forms in the 19th century, but by the early 20th century they became associated with poor communities and had been illegalized in this country.
When Margaret Thatcher inadvertently spawned the European rave scene, first by closing the textile industry and freeing up warehouse spaces and later by illegalizing party music "characterized by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats," French proponents of the scene adopted their own spin on the style, incorporating the disco-funk influences that appealed to them.
Refugees in Europe may not be undocumented or illegal, but they are illegalized.
Further, the fact that illegalization does not hinge on a particular legal system means that whether someone is illegalized is completely distinct from whether someone is illegal.
But their capability to be rapists—or, conversely, their incapability to be as civilized as citizens are—renders them illegalized regardless of if they undergo the process that would make them illegal.
This effectively illegalized a large portion of the Mexican immigrant population.
The Chinese government effectively illegalized VPNs when new rules issued in January required them to receive government approval in order to operate.
The Chinese government effectively illegalized VPNs when new rules issued in January required them to receive government approval in order to operate.
