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You know, I'm probably going to catch shit from both sides, but f it:
It bothers me when people who aren't into hip-hop/urban culture mock it in an attempt to be either cool or funny. It doesn't matter what color the person is, but misusing the word "ghetto" is a big example of this.
I'm talking about the punk rocker guy who says his jeans are "really ghetto" because they're torn and ratty.
Or the group of editors I dealt with in HS who called one issue "ghetto" because the headlines and articles were in different fonts.
And in this case, the sorority girl who is called ghetto because she either listens to rap music (and the majority of her sisters don't), wears baggy clothes, or has "a lot of black friends".
That's my favorite one too....because I have a lot of black friends, I'm "ghetto".
I'm just saying, I can see where the connection is, and I can see where this award would upset Candace, because the "Black" award went to the most "ghetto" person in the group.
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