Ghetto-itis

We've all heard this word before: "Ghetto" and unfortunately it is a word that holds negative connotation usually associated with blacks or black stereotypes/behavior/style/speech/culture etc.

It's funny to think about the word's origin since it really had nothing to do with African Americans:

Ghetto:

2.

(formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live.

3.

a section predominantly inhabited by Jews.

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The word is more often thought of in terms of its slang definition now.

Ghetto:

5.

pertaining to or characteristic of life in a ghetto or the people who live there: ghetto culture.

6.

Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive. noting something that is considered to be unrefined, low-class,cheap, or inferior: Her furniture is so ghetto!

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