What Does Ghetto Mean?

A ghetto is generally referred to a place where people from a specific race or a specific ethnic background live together as a group. This group is formed either on their own accord or either unwillingly. The early groups of ghetto was usually formed in places like Venice, Italy and one of the famous ghetto known since then was the Venetian Ghetto. The word ghetto in German is referred to as Judengasse and in Moroccan Arabic, ghetto is called mellah. This term came to be very well known across the globe during the World War 2, where they had the Nazi Ghettos.

However, in places like United States and Europe some people dislike the term as it brings about racism and ethnicity into the light.

Some of the famous personalities born in various ghettos were Bob Marley, The Fugees, John Lee Hooker, Tupac Shakur, Nina Simone, and Cab Calloway.

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To me, when I think of the word "Ghetto"....I think of not only a place but a background of where a person comes from. Where I come from, when you use the term "Ghetto", most people think of a place where people live that's on a low income or out in the hood. You can define that term in many different ways. The ghetto can be where someone comes from or how someone acts. Many times you hear people say...That was so ghetto...or....Your acting ghetto.....Its defined in many different ways. So no answer is wrong.

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