Why is it that ghetto culture is often more accepting of things than "civilized" cultures.?

Question

I notice that a lot of people I met from the projects are more accepting of the different than suburban and other supposedly more "civilized" cultures. For instance, in ghetto culture, gays are often accepted and over weight people are treated with respect and not looked down on. Aside from racial gangs, I often see people from different ethnic backgrounds co exist peacefully at schools.

Answer 1

Not to sure bout the gay part........where u from?

Answer 2

That's not an accurate statement: Both lifestyles can breed ignorance, and/or stiffness in views.
I currently live in the suburbs, and I'm highly open-minded in every parameter you've listed. In fact: Those are the three groups that I wish to do activism for in the future (I've already done little stuff).
I've lived in the ghetto ("Urban" might be a less pejorative way of putting that by the way), and I've had my share of open-minded, and close-minded people. You can't really go with class on a base level, because there's people on both fronts that can be close-d or open-minded. Think about the rich people happy that they aren't being taxed, and think about the rich people that WANT to be taxed more, because they know it will help our economy. As for the opposite: The difference between those of that class that want to blame the people in better standing on the problems they have, versus the ones that just want to keep trying, and think all that ignorance detracts from them being productive is a good example
The only way you can really use that as a conclusion is to go on the basis of experiences. For example: I learned racial equality from a combination of that being something I was raised on, in addition to what I learned in school, and my travels to other countries.
I learned to accept the LGBT as equal because of a combination of becoming friends with people within that community, and because I realize using religion as a crutch isn't going to solve anything (It would take me awhile to explain: So I won't :p).
And so on... That's all you can really go by.

Answer 3

what is ghetto culture?