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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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| They are ghettoized, their girls do not marry boys from other clans and their boys do not marry girls from other clans. I was feeling ghettoized by what was expected of me," says Petronio, who emerged as the subversive "bad boy" of New York's downtown art scene at the height of the ACT UP era. As the questions and answers grew more heated, Yavin leaned forward on his tiptoes, pointed his finger at the audience and said, "Make no mistake, we will not be ghettoized again. |
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