1. The Definition of the Word Ghetto Cadet Kirin Kennedy C/4c, AFROTC

2. OVERVIEW  Definition of the word Ghetto  The History of the word Ghetto  The 2006 meaning and definition of the word Ghetto  Meaning of Ghetto and it’s connotation  Conclusion

3. The History of “Ghetto”  A section of a city occupied by a minority group who lives there because of social, economic or legal pressure. That is the definition of “ghetto” as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary ®  Ghetto throughout history has been a name or term used to describe a local, ethnic section of a town  Typically Ghettos were enclosed or gated communities they were locked at night and during holy week in Europe.

4. The History of Ghetto (European)  The term Ghetto originated off the Ghetto island a small island off the cost of Venice where there was a community of Jews.  First established to keep Jews form catholic and protestant neighborhoods, under anti-Semitic views because Jews had their on religion judicial courts and recreational institutions. Ghettos became a affluent neighborhoods of a ethnic group of people.  Although they were affluent ghettos’ processed many problems such congestion, fire hazards and unsanitary conditions.

5. The United States (Definition)  An impoverished, neglected, or otherwise disadvantaged residential area of a city, usually troubled by a disproportionately large amount of crime. Urban of or relating to (inner) city life, poor; or relating to poor life, jury- rigged, impoverished, or homemade (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  A largely black and Hispanic community with other minority groups some white and elderly people.  There are three characteristics of “ghetto”  Racial and national minorities, poverty, cultural differences

6. Is This Definition of Ghetto Correct?  American Ghettos’ where created due to segregation laws, the difference between American Ghettos and European ghettos is tat European ghetto’s were walled and gated communities.  American ghetto’s are a result of majorities moving form the cities of America to the suburbs causing a shift of the poor to be relegated to run down urban communities, with no resources because they have been handed to the helpless poor.  Because of this Ghetto equates with poor, and uneducated.

7. The Definition of the Word Ghetto  Ghetto means poor, cheap  Why do people equate the word Ghetto with being black?  Ghetto Is a person who has limited resources and uses them to get by.  The main problem is that people have assumed that ghetto is part of the African American cultural.

8. Television is the main culprit of the Ghetto Stereotype  Television throws images out there making it seem like a “ghetto” lifestyle is cool or life of extreme poverty if the right way to live.  What makes a person Ghetto?  Is it clothes?  Is it that people are the product of their environment?

9. Conclusion  So a person is not ghetto. And neither are their actions.  Ghetto is a noun so it is a segregated community in which racial and national minorities live.  In conclusion a Ghetto is an ethnic neighborhood. It is not a person or a way of acting. A Ghetto is a good thing when used in the right context, but must be clearly defined because of its many uses and misconceptions.

10. QUESTIONS ?

11. Summery  Definition of the word Ghetto  The History of the word Ghetto  The 2006 meaning and definition of the word Ghetto  Meaning of Ghetto and it’s connotation  Conclusion