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A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group are concentrated, especially as a result of political, social, legal, religious, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished than other areas of the city. Versions of such restricted areas have been found across the world, each with ...
Ghetto, formerly a street, or quarter, of a city set apart as a legally enforced residence area for Jews. More recently, the term ghetto has come to apply to any urban area exclusively settled by a minority group, such as African Americans or one of various immigrant populations in the United States.
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AP. Reviving the Jewish ghetto made genocide a much simpler project. As the Holocaust proceeded, ghettos were emptied by the trainload. The prisoners of the enormous Warsaw ghetto, which at one...
"American ghetto" usually denotes an urban neighborhood with crime, gang violence, and extreme poverty, with a significant number of minority citizens living in it. Their origins are manifold. Historically, violence has been used to intimidate certain demographics into remaining in ghettos. [4]
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Ghettos separating Jews from the rest of the population were part of the Nazi plan to destroy Europe's Jews. Learn about three types of ghettos: closed, open, and destruction.
Sep 24, 2019 · The linkage between Jews and “ghetto” began in the early 16th century. Here's how the word came to signify racial segregation in America.
Dec 12, 2016 · GAZETTE: Can you give an example? SHELBY: Some among the ghetto poor are keenly aware of the injustices they face. To maintain their self-respect, they often respond by being defiant, by transgressing certain norms, even in how they speak, dress, or style their hair.
