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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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| He proposes that 50,000 housing vouchers be made available annually to black families living in urban ghettoes for use in white areas with less than 10 percent poverty. Creative appropriation of Slavic and American culture to meet immigrants' needs also freed them from ghettoes as they negotiated a bi-national identity. A third reason for entertainment retailers to expand their reach is that many of our ghettoes once were vibrant places with unique personalities. |
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