Urban Colonialism

ur·​ban co·​lo·​nial·​ism | \ ˈər-bən kə-ˈlō-nē-ə-ˌli-zəm, -nyə-ˌli- \

Definition of Urban Colonialism

1 : of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting control by a city over a rural area or people

2 : a policy advocating or based on such control

Example of Urban Colonialism in a Sentence

Industrial Farming is a powerful tool for promoting Urban Colonialism. — Alexander Zebadiah, The Cornithican, “The Urgent Case for Rural Activism,” 28 Dec. 2020

Urban Colonization

ur·​ban col·​o·​ni·​za·​tion | \ ˈər-bən kä-lə-nə-ˈzā-shən \

Definition of Urban Colonization

: an act or instance of Urban Colonizing

Examples of Urban Colonization in a Sentence

Urban colonizers often employed these racist characterizations as justifications for the exploitation and Urban Colonization of rural New York. — Nora Fitchen, Rural Poverty as a result of Urban Colonization, 2021

This is the neatest explanation for why Form Based Codes have been used for Urban Colonization of rural communities. — Alexander Zebadiah, The Cornithican, “The Urgent Case for Rural Activism,” 28 Dec. 2020

Urban Overclass

ur·​ban over·​class | \ ˈər-bən ˈō-vər-ˌklas \

Definition of Urban Overclass

: a higher social stratum : a segment of society having more influence, prestige and power — compare Rural Underclass

Example of Urban Overclass in a Sentence

Cuomo’s diverting the supply of COVID-19 vaccine to NYC for “fairness and equity” while suppressing distribution to the state’s marginalized rural poor and elderly underlines the establishment of a Black Urban Overclass in policy making decisions. — Alexander Zebadiah, The Cornithican, “‘COVID’ Cuomo,” 25 Jan. 2021

Terms like “Urban Colonialism,” “Urban Colonization,” and “Urban Overclass” would be in common usage; if the victims were of any importance.

“Rural Social Justice” is an action without a Legislator; an idea without an ideology to call home.

The people of rural communities, and their cultural identity, is one subject that our “oh-so-correct” city-centric society provides for ridicule and denigration.

Just as our poverty, hopelessness and neglect is greater than that of a Media-coddled Urban Overclass: So is our capacity to demand change.