Ghetto
Over on the boards on Consumerist, one of the commenters took offense to the use of the word 'ghetto'.
I personally use the world all the time to describe something that is either poorly/cheaply made, or something that's been jerry-rigged [yes, it's a word, it a hybrid of jury-rigged and jerry-built].
I don't associate it with a racial tone.
So what do you think?
Do you connotate 'ghetto' as meaning something related to Black culture and being poor, or my former definition?
I personally use the world all the time to describe something that is either poorly/cheaply made, or something that's been jerry-rigged [yes, it's a word, it a hybrid of jury-rigged and jerry-built].
I don't associate it with a racial tone.
So what do you think?
Do you connotate 'ghetto' as meaning something related to Black culture and being poor, or my former definition?
posted by Big Daddy at
Friday, August 17, 2007
Denver
2 Comments:
I don't really use the term unless I'm joking and then it's always to say stuff like "I'm going over to the 'to". I don't think it's racist but I'm curious as to what others think.
There's white ghettos, too.
Trailer parks.
So I don't see why people get offended when it really can be a racially non-discriminatory phrase.
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