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ghetto A term with its origins in eastern Europe, used to designate the part of town occupied by Jewish citizens. Now the term ghetto is used to describe any urban area suffering significant deterioration, often predominated by one or a very few ethnic or racial groups. Disputes often arise regarding whether lenders, insurers, and other service providers are engaged in illegal discrimination when they redline these neighborhoods, or whether they are assessing risks based on the quality of the infrastructure and not on any judgments regarding the inhabitants.How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Blues Sestina by Tyehimba Jess I hear the blood of muled men Sing sweetback in my veins, Through ghettoed doors that swing funk Into shine of gold toothed laughing Blues stomping piano into boogie; Seeking to kneel us, shaken, under its blast. The poor, the mentally ill, the disenfranchised, the ghettoed minorities all fall within the range of those whom society regards with apprehension. |
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