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native_son
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776 posts 		Fri Feb-09-01 07:43 AM

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""Thats Ghetto""


          

i hear folks from all backgrounds throwing this phrase around and when it is uttered it seems that everyone knows what "ghetto" is referring to. With its loaded race, class and colonial sentiments this phrase makes me vigilant.

what does it mean when people say "thats ghetto"?
how did this phrase become part of our shared cultural language?
is it legitimate for folks from different class backgrounds to appropriate this phrase?


native son

taking apart western culture one head at a time

  
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"Thats Ghetto" [View all] , native_son, Fri Feb-09-01 07:43 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
No
Feb 09th 2001
1
or even when
audiovisuals
Feb 09th 2001
2
      errr...pisses me off 2 n/m
Feb 16th 2001
37
      what gets me is that.....
Feb 16th 2001
39
           RE: what gets me is that.....
Feb 19th 2001
51
agreed
error 404
Feb 09th 2001
3
thanks for the clarity ...
Feb 12th 2001
24
RE: agreed
kojak
Feb 17th 2001
41
RE: agreed
Feb 19th 2001
52
RE i think
monstaz
Feb 09th 2001
4
Ghetto or Slum or Inner-city
JMello
Feb 09th 2001
5
RE: Ghetto or Slum or Inner-city
starchild73
Feb 09th 2001
6
RE: Ghetto or Slum or Inner-city
Feb 09th 2001
10
Its never a compliment
Feb 09th 2001
7
RE: Its never a compliment
Feb 09th 2001
9
RE: Its never a compliment
Feb 09th 2001
11
Or at least...
Feb 09th 2001
14
RE: Or at least...
Feb 09th 2001
15
      RE: Or at least...
Feb 09th 2001
16
           RE: Or at least...
Feb 12th 2001
22
                RE: Or at least...
Feb 12th 2001
26
                     RE: Or at least...
Feb 12th 2001
27
                          RE: Or at least...
Feb 12th 2001
29
Pardon Me..... But
Feb 10th 2001
17
      RE: Pardon Me..... But
Feb 12th 2001
20
           RE: Pardon Me..... But
Feb 12th 2001
21
                RE: Pardon Me..... But
Feb 12th 2001
23
                I don't know what his intentions
Feb 12th 2001
28
RE: Its never a compliment-nah!Ghetto light jus' too bright 4 'em
Feb 15th 2001
32
RE: "Thats Ghetto"
Feb 09th 2001
8
i've heard that a lot
Feb 09th 2001
12
ghetto
Feb 09th 2001
13
      RE: ghetto
Feb 11th 2001
18
           whoa!
Feb 12th 2001
25
                "White people are just amazing"
bandigit1
Feb 17th 2001
45
                     RE: "White people are just amazing"
Feb 18th 2001
49
RE: "Thats Ghetto"
magwigg
Feb 11th 2001
19
White people are so amazing...
ArLa
Feb 12th 2001
30
      Since some of my family lives in trailers
Feb 15th 2001
33
      RE: White people are so amazing...
queen rocka
Feb 17th 2001
44
RE: "Thats Ghetto"
IV
Feb 12th 2001
31
Just thougt I'd throw this at y'all.
PFunk
Feb 15th 2001
34
RE: "Thats Ghetto"
ocean_b
Feb 16th 2001
35
RE: "Thats Ghetto"
Feb 16th 2001
36
RE: "Thats Ghetto"
Feb 17th 2001
46
Hell nah!
J_Hayes
Feb 16th 2001
38
good points playa
Feb 20th 2001
56
"Chicks gettin money is still ghetto" (c) Kweli
Feb 16th 2001
40
RE: "Chicks gettin money is still ghetto" (c) Kweli
Feb 17th 2001
42
it's NOT shared...
Feb 17th 2001
43
RE: it's NOT shared...
Feb 18th 2001
47
      do u now...
Feb 18th 2001
48
           RE: do u now...
Feb 18th 2001
50
RE: "Thats Ghetto"
Feb 19th 2001
53
It's all in the way you take it
zaweenie
Feb 19th 2001
54
RE: "Thats Ghetto"
Feb 19th 2001
55

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