Wat exactly does the word ghetto mean?? (i'll rather get it from you guys thant to the dictionary)..read the
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The word "ghetto" has been used in a number of ways throughout history.  One of its earliest uses denoted a walled-off and gated section in a city to which Jews were restricted.  The word was chiefly used in Italy, especially in port cities like Venice in which large populations of Jews—many of whom were traders and money lenders—lived.   Because they were viewed as cultural minorities due to their non-Christian beliefs in a Renaissance Christian environment, Jews were placed under strict regulations throughout many European cities.  They were forced to live together in the ghetto to prevent their roaming about at night.  In addition to migration laws, sumptuary laws forced Jews to wear a star-shaped yellow badge and a yellow beret, identifying them as outsiders and making them open to taunts and various other social cruelties.  It was a term mostly associated with Europe until World War II, when the word entered American culture.\n\nOften those living in an area called a "ghetto" have considered it in a much more positive light than those outside looking in.  The words of Langston Hughes say it very well:  \n\n"The buildings in Harlem are brick and stone\nAnd the streets are long and wide,\nBut Harlem’s much more than these alone,\nHarlem is what’s inside."
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damn man, lol.\n\nif u get ny luck with this, then i will be happy for u, but scince u wont, ill just say ur really fuckin ghetto lol
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"You are the white-est black girl I know"\n\nWTF does that mean?  Does that mean that she expected me to speak "ebonics"?  Does the mean she expected me to not be up on current events?  \n\nI guess stereotypes are VERY real. (sigh)
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What you talkin bout' Willace?  I have no idea what you are talking about... Why dont nobody have good english on this website? \nMaybe if you moved out the ghetto you would have some different observations... The white people I know are not dating latinas and asains... They're dating hot blondes with fake breasts and fast cars...\nI hope that answered your question... Good Luck!!!
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ghetto clubs.young lady you need not go there.have not heard of a ghetto club in Detroit.live there all my life.but there are hot @ss club that be ho pen all nite.go to the Michigan web site.or Detroit site get what you want there.
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you live in the ghetto :)\n\nHere is an explanation\n\nhttp://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/sneakers.htm
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Don't feel bad, a lot of people who live in ghettos\nwant to crack other peoples f-ing heads.\nIt's a natural tendency brought on by the\nenvironment of ghetto living.
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it took a long time to translate your comment to english....maybe gangstas should spend more time in english class
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A section of a city, that once was the city's center.  Urban growth moved the rich to the outskirts and this created the ghetto.\n\nMy personal definition of ghetto was my husband and my first apartment.  We lived on the third floor and all our neighbors moved out within 3 months of us living there.  The laudry room was locked after a certian time and our back window overlooked a "junkyard/car repair" were new Mercedes and Porsches would go into in the evening and never come out.
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Thank you.\n\nAlso, they fail to realize how many blacks dislike that word.\n\nNotice how they focus on the thugs and gangsters?\n\nI suppose they think that all of us act that way too.......
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the term urban zone really means the city. it is another term for the ghetto. a ghetto is an underprivileged town with the majority of people from one race.
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You aren't the only one, honey.  Especially with the slang typing.  Hello, you aren't ghetto and you aren't cool if you do that.  Our youth is going down the toilet with this butchering of the English language.  I don't expect people to type without mistakes, but the word is that not dat and the not da.  People are just losers sometimes.
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Hi, I'm new to this service but when I saw your question I had to answer. Actually, I don't have an answer for you, sorry. I'm from New Orleans and I cant tell you how embarrassed all of the working people of this city are, as we watch the ghetto project leaches try to pull their crap in another city. All their life it's been nothing but hand outs for them and it created massively stupid, overweight, criminals that have babies at a record pace. This is not a black thing it's a welfare thing and it needs to stop now. I'm glad your city is playing hard ball, maybe they will finally learn. They all want to come home for the free ride again but, WE DONT WANT THEM BACK!!!   Just yesterday it got ugly again because we are tearing doun all the housing projects and it's no big secret we are not rebuilding the lower ninth ward.  Don't be afraid to speak up about the problems they cause because they do cause plenty, and it's not raciest to call them out on it. They will scream racism for anything and everything because that's all they know. I lived with this my whole life. Sorry, but it might be your turn for a while. Don't let Houston be a push over like New Orleans was for so many years. You don't owe them anything! They won't even appreciate it if you did. It's a total take take society.
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Actually, they talk how others in their environment talk. I spoke with a southern accent for 12 years and moved to nevada, my accent was gone in a year. When I came back to the south I thought everyone spoke funny. Now i've got my accent back. Give people a break. If the worst thing they do is talk ghetto, that's awesome. Things could be worse.
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Easy if you've ever lived in the ghetto you know that this is were it all began!Its been around since Video cassettes were first invented now its just more high tech.I live in the ghetto area and if anything you know about the ghetto is that you can get Anything there!
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translated: life (viva) the (la) race (raza). More accurately it prob. means something to the effect of " (long) live the (Hispanic) race." or maybe "life to the (Hispanic) race". Could also be "arise the (Hispanic) race".  A type of Resurrection of the (Hispanic) race (into power??). It is a rallying cry of some kind, definitely. Since they are mentioning a single race (in an aggressive tone), yes I would take it as racist. They aren't the only racially exclusive groups though, sadly. * the words in () mean that it is insinuated by the group saying it, and the situation in which it is said. Just like the 'Black Panthers' have their "Black pride", and the klu klux klan have their "white power". I believe ANY rhetoric pertaining to a single race, and exclusive of other races is racist. The problem is that phrases don't translate into English from other languages very well, so the true message can be (thinly) veiled. Fortunately the context in which it was said can't be hidden so easily. We know what they mean "viva la raza". *shivers* :(
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Technically, its not a racial term. It is just a term blacks used to identify whites who were abusive. Since it carries emotional hatred, it became a pseudo racial epithet but to be honest it is pretty weak and silly. It's basically using an old slang that meant "racist" as a racist term. See the problem?