In the article, “The Enclave, the Citadel, and the Ghetto: What has Changed in the Post-Fordist US City”, Peter Marcuse defines an “enclave”, a “citadel” and “the ghetto”. He introduces implications of the enclave, citadel and ghetto.. Not only but he also discusses differences, specifically ghetto and an outcast ghetto. According to Marcus, a ghetto is a concentrated area used to seperate and to limit a particular population group treated as inferior by society. This article illustrates that the word ghetto has a more significant meaning that certain groups of people who find this term to be “derogatory” or misleading.

Marcuse stated that people do not voluntarily live in ghettos, whereas people voluntarily living in enclaves. However, Black people have a right and the option to live wherever they want, even though they pick the “ghetto” areas.  The reason is because other blacks are concentrated in the “ghetto” areas so they feel comfortable living in that area.

Marcuse did a good job of characterizing ghetto, enclave and citadel by economic condition and the economic relations they play with their surroundings.  Also, we can see the residential segregation that exists among “ghettos”, “enclaves”, and “citadels.” n example of a “citadel” would be the luxurious apartments on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.  Certain areas of Manhattan and Bronx would be the “ghetto”  because of their large Black population whereas Chinatown is considered to be the enclave because with thriving immigrant population.

As a result of Marcuse’s article, I’ve gained knowledge and learned that race as well as ethnicity is very important in creating the “areas” such as the ghetto, citadels, or enclaves, that make up the city for what it is now.