2006-07-09 20:02:20 · 7 answers · asked by leebeeguy 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The word, 'ghetto' is Italian. It means 'Foundry.' The first area in the world that was assigned for residency by one group only, in this case Jews only, was the area of the foundries in Venice Italy. Hence, any place that is lived in by only a single culture, either by force or by their own choice, is called a 'ghetto.' Over time, the term became synonymous with the poorer areas of a town, where the poor and oppressed lived, regardless of what race or ethnic group lived there.
2006-07-10 21:13:32 · answer #1 · answered by sfederow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It still does relate to the jews. In europe all the jews were grouped in once place. This was the ghetto. Blacks in the US felt they were all grouped in lousy part of town and called it the ghetto.
2006-07-09 20:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by Lupin IV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ghetto means the same whether you are referring to the Warsaw Ghetto or East New York in Brooklyn. They are all the same.
2006-07-09 20:07:31 · answer #3 · answered by druid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slang term for a rough neighborhood like a place where there isn't alot of money of ouportunity to make money without breaking the law.
2006-07-09 20:04:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
(n.) an impoverished, neglected, or otherwise disadvantaged residential area of a city, usually troubled by a disproportionately large amount of crime
2006-07-09 20:04:50 · answer #5 · answered by Tasy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ghetto pronounced "get-toe" is mesning to get pussy (camel toe) eg. did you ghetto last night?
2006-07-09 20:14:41 · answer #6 · answered by rogerjimerson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poor.
and its a place.
2006-07-09 20:05:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋