The original root language of "ghetto" is unknown. But its original meaning has long been clear. By the 17th century, Rome and Venice had... As you might have gathered from our blog's title, the Code ...

Greater Greater Washington, in an interesting blog post the other day, delved into the use of the word “ghetto” in part in response to the heated online discussion that ensued over a mural that went ...

After Cleveland High School teacher Brian Emanuels attempted to teach students a lesson about using "gay" as a derogatory adjective (by calling a student the N-word), parents, students, and the NAACP ...

The other day, I looked up the word “ghetto” in the online Urban Dictionary, in order to get a sense of how the word is being used in the vernacular these days. While the definition provided there is ...

The term ghetto, which derives from Italian roots and has been applied to different ethnic groups, is packed in certain places, such as Jews, the Irish, blacks, latinos and even poor whites. It used ...

Today, for many Americans, the word “ghetto” conjures images of run-down and crime-ridden African American segregated areas—“inner cities,” in a common euphemism. This connotation is relatively recent ...

I reside in a diverse neighborhood just north of Downtown Indianapolis. Fall Creek Place is a mix of century-old stately homes, new construction, high-end houses and everything in between. I was ...

Ghetto is a term that I had grown to hate. It is a term that I had tried to disassociate myself from since I began to understand the word. It denotes poverty, negativity and ignorance. The wear and ...