care to debate? i'm starting off with a topic--
the word 'ghetto'
it's used often... as a verb and an adjective. Is it an adjective though? I've been hearing the term often lately.. I don't use it.. but people refer to lower things as 'ghetto' or things that are broken, things that are dirty, places with a lot of black people, places that look dirty, things that are cheap, etc.
ghet·to n. pl. ghet·tos or ghet·toes
1. A section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure.
2. An often walled quarter in a European city to which Jews were restricted beginning in the Middle Ages.
3. Something that resembles the restriction or isolation of a city ghetto: “trapped in ethnic or pink-collar managerial job ghettoes” (Diane Weathers).
(definition of ghetto)
oh, no adjective. do you think it's right that people use the term 'ghetto' in a wrong way? like.. lets say we go to university mall.. the "ghetto" mall. why is it ghetto? it's a very nice mall! oh wait, there's swarms of black people. does that really make the mall ghetto? it's in a decent area. it's not... dirty.. i don't think. so what if there's a bunch of black people at a mall or an area. does that make it ghetto? what? because they listen to rap and dress a certain way.. that makes them ghetto? the ghetto is a very rough place.. poor place.. place with a lot of crime. okay, so rappers rap about the ghetto.. they say they're ghetto because they lived there. i understand that, but that doesn't make the mall ghetto, that doesn't make a folder ghetto. idk. i just don't like hearing it. tell me what you think!
gotta go teacher comin by. go on xanga -- www.xanga.com/kissy0560
bye! *kristin*
do you know how to play the card game 'tonk'? if so..teach me. bcuz i was surrounded by people playing it in 4th period and i was so confused. haha like half the class was over at my side. oh well.. bye
the word 'ghetto'
it's used often... as a verb and an adjective. Is it an adjective though? I've been hearing the term often lately.. I don't use it.. but people refer to lower things as 'ghetto' or things that are broken, things that are dirty, places with a lot of black people, places that look dirty, things that are cheap, etc.
ghet·to n. pl. ghet·tos or ghet·toes
1. A section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure.
2. An often walled quarter in a European city to which Jews were restricted beginning in the Middle Ages.
3. Something that resembles the restriction or isolation of a city ghetto: “trapped in ethnic or pink-collar managerial job ghettoes” (Diane Weathers).
(definition of ghetto)
oh, no adjective. do you think it's right that people use the term 'ghetto' in a wrong way? like.. lets say we go to university mall.. the "ghetto" mall. why is it ghetto? it's a very nice mall! oh wait, there's swarms of black people. does that really make the mall ghetto? it's in a decent area. it's not... dirty.. i don't think. so what if there's a bunch of black people at a mall or an area. does that make it ghetto? what? because they listen to rap and dress a certain way.. that makes them ghetto? the ghetto is a very rough place.. poor place.. place with a lot of crime. okay, so rappers rap about the ghetto.. they say they're ghetto because they lived there. i understand that, but that doesn't make the mall ghetto, that doesn't make a folder ghetto. idk. i just don't like hearing it. tell me what you think!
gotta go teacher comin by. go on xanga -- www.xanga.com/kissy0560
bye! *kristin*
do you know how to play the card game 'tonk'? if so..teach me. bcuz i was surrounded by people playing it in 4th period and i was so confused. haha like half the class was over at my side. oh well.. bye
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