actually the term ghetto refers to back when the jewish people were being persecuted in europe and they were forced to live in restricted areas, aka "ghettos." I don't believe anyone is trying to place a correlation between people of color and the term b/c ghetto areas are not in the best condition so they are trying to call the person as cheap as the area. I am totally not offended seeing as though i am a person of color and i did grow up in the south bronx projects! It's ridiculous the way people quarrel over such miscommunications.
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