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Anywho, I don't know who thought this was cute or funny but this smacks of the Pike or other frat parties where the guys dressed as 'ghetto'. I feel that Hip Hop and the commercialization of Black culture has led some people to think that this type of behavior is acceptable.
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First, I am not sure which race or who coined that the Black neighborhoods were ghettos. What a far cry from where it originally came from! The Jewish Ghettos in Warsaw(was it not?) where the Jews were forced to live in far below sub-standard conditions until they led the revolt. I've never figured out Southern dislike for Jews, probably because I've never met one.
Second, the Black commercialization of "poor culture" is the one thing which keeps African-American issues in the spotlight, and what seems to be the only way. It has used the race card before but it highlights problems within the black community without using it for the most part. The vocal Black leaders such as Sharpton and Jackson cannot highlight black problems without playing the race card.
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Are you rich or are your parents rich?
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Both.
What's worse than one dead baby nailed to a tree?
One dead baby nailed to ten trees
What's worse than a hundred dead babies in the back of a dump truck?
One eating it's way to the top.