My son heard me say, "oooooooo! that's ghetto!" So, naturally, he asked me what that it means. I thought long and hard about how "we" use the term today compared to the dictionary definition, and could not answer. The term is not dedicated to one race, type, or style of any one thing or group. In other words, to be ghetto does not mean you are from the ghetto.
2007-04-21 13:26:36 · 17 answers · asked by swilson_lewis 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The term was not being used to describe a person or a person's actions. The term ghetto is used today to describe something tacky. To a six year old boy, the only thing he thinks is tacky are his old Hot Wheels cars, and he still plays with those.
2007-04-21 13:39:57 · update #1
I do not want to associate "ghetto" with a particular race or place or ethnicity. That limits his thinking. He will think he only sees "the ghetto" when he sees these places or people and that is not true. "Ghetto" is in every neighborhood on this planet, it just might not be able to see it.
2007-04-21 13:44:47 · update #2
say such as what i did when i didnt have a curtain for my room... i put a towel there >_> lol
you could say ghetto is where poor people supplement things they are missing with cheap stuff cause they cant by the expinsive stuff...
2007-04-21 13:34:17 · answer #1 · answered by me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I relate to your question. Where I live if you stayed in gymnastics and showed talent, the pressure started to join a team. My daughter also took it from an early age. When she was 5 I started asking parents of older kids about it. One mom had an 8 year old and she said her schedule was 20 hours a week. I just could not see allowing that with my daughter. At the time she also did ice skating so I gave her the choice between the two, and she chose ice skating. Now she herself is 8 and the same pressure is there to skate many hours a week. However, what's different is that she's not on a team so that gives us a lot more freedom. It's an individual effort towards her own personal goals. So in the fall when she has more school work we go down to 3-4 hours a week, and we can put in more hours in winter when she can't play outside anyway. But she could skate every day before school and there are people who do that. My priorities are to give her life balance at this age. She would skate every day if I gave her the choice. I don't think that would be healthy or right for her at this age. Yes, it's important to listen to your kids if they love an activity but you still have to be the parent and make a judgment call about what is too much - and just because other people do it doesn't make it the right choice for YOUR child.
2016-05-20 22:45:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word ghetto origionated in the middle ages when they used to make all the jews live and now ghetto mean a poor neighbor hood tell him that it is a place where poor people live
2007-04-21 13:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I use "ghetto," I mean something like "cool but disreputable or cheap." This is sort of like one definition from this link:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ghetto
I think the term may be a bit racist; I'd never really thought of it that way before.
2007-04-21 13:39:27 · answer #4 · answered by Dave H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell him about the wild west, and when the cowboys went to mexico they would go to the towns which were in big courtyards, and all the people would live in these Fort type towns, they called them gettos where lots of people live close together, and may be hostile to outsiders
2007-04-21 13:31:19 · answer #5 · answered by Audio Visual master 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4. (adj.) jury-rigged, improvised, or home-made (usually with extremely cheap or sub-standard components), yet still deserving of an odd sense of respect from ghetto dwellers and non-ghetto dwellers alike.
4. "A TV Guide duct-taped to a 4 foot stick?! That's one hella ghetto 'mote control!"
2007-04-21 13:35:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure how you are using it. To me it means a poorer place where people live. If this is the case, say the houses aren't as nice, they need painted and repaired. If this isn't what you mean, I can't help.
2007-04-21 13:30:45 · answer #7 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Say ghetto is like when you use something that is not meant for that.Example My friend uses a screwdriver to start his car.Thats how you used it so explain like that.
2007-04-21 13:39:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Terms like that, "gay", "pimpin'" are offensive.
It takes a class or group of people and demeans them becuase you lack the abiltity to say "pathetic" or "unsavory"
2007-04-21 14:32:40 · answer #9 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
from dictionary.com
a section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group
Thus, no value judgment intended
2007-04-21 13:30:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋