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I think Blackwatch said it all. I mean, if you look at the thread on Chit Chat, you will see what they think "ghetto" is. Air Force Ones and FUBU. Please. I have seen ghetto, and that ain't it. I think the way the word has been trivialized by our society is damaging. Yet, I have to be honest and admit, I freely call people or things "ghetto." It is sort of hard to closely examine something we take for granted.
I think the difference is, when a white person calls something "ghetto" we automatically assume that they are using the word to refer to blackness in general, however, when blacks say ghetto, it is sort of an understood term for uncouth (not necessarily black).
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