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Old 25-07-2005, 10:16 AM #5
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Originally posted by Red Moon
A very valid point selfinflicted.

The word ghetto has become linked with poverty, crime, joblessness, deteriorated housing, rampant drug activity, and shattered families. The popular hip-hop movement recaptured the term "ghetto," along with its negative connotations, from the mainstream and reinvested it as a symbol of black culture and it has become used in the titles or a number of popular songs. And it now used with to denote black pride and authenticity.



Science used the term as a badge of pride associated with the hip-hop culture.
Spot on except for the pride bit.
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