Re: Ghetto?

Posted by Eric T. on September 04, 2001 at 15:32:55:

In Reply to: Turtle club posted by ernie on September 03, 2001 at 18:53:43:

I rarely get upset aabout things that are written on this forum but your use of the word ghetto has me bothered. You seem to be using it in a negative way, thereby insulting all the people who live in Tucson. And traditionally a ghetto is a neighborhood where there is a large concentration of a particular minority group, often ethnic (ghetto is origenally an italian word). As a member of a minority group (Gay) living in what could be called a ghetto (a very upscale Portland neighborhood with a noticeable ammount of Gay, Lesbian, & Transgender people) I take offense to your implication that a city is a ghetto and that a ghetto is somehow dirty and undesirable.
I appologize for wasting peoples time whith this off topic tirade, but I felt it needed to be said.
-Eric, in a Gay Ghetto in Portland.-

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: I rarely get upset aabout things that are written on this forum but your use of the word ghetto has me bothered. You seem to be using it in a negative way, thereby insulting all the people who live in Tucson. And traditionally a ghetto is a neighborhood where there is a large concentration of a particular minority group, often ethnic (ghetto is origenally an italian word). As a member of a minority group (Gay) living in what could be called a ghetto (a very upscale Portland neighborhood with a noticeable ammount of Gay, Lesbian, & Transgender people) I take offense to your implication that a city is a ghetto and that a ghetto is somehow dirty and undesirable. : I appologize for wasting peoples time whith this off topic tirade, but I felt it needed to be said. : -Eric, in a Gay Ghetto in Portland.-

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