Being "Ghetto"
 

In your opinion, what makes someone "ghetto"?

Selling drugs? Cuz I sell tylenol all the time.
Having a tough life? Cuz my dad moved out and I have had a tougher life than some.
Being an addict? I'm addicted to altoids.
Living in a run down house? Cuz the house I live in is pretty bad.
Being poor? I'm not dirt poor but I'm not rich.

I mean, how do you define "ghetto". If you judge it like that, then I am ghetto. But I mean, if you black and go through that are you more "ghetto" than a guy who is white and went through that?

its partly that, its partly your state and mind frame, and the toils n tribulations of your life, street wisdom

and a black guy who went through the same as a whit guy is not simply more ghetto bcos he is black...i am black and sayin a black guy is automatically more ghetto is wackness...

Well, I lived in Detroit, good part though. I guess the point I am trying to make is that being "ghetto" is used as a compliment now, but to me it seems like it is saying, "Congradulations, you are a piece or trash who probably can't read"

I think the opposite, altho i can c ur point, but whnen i call sum1 ghetto im normally referrin to their street wisdom n demanour n life story.

Most people define ghetto has being out of the ordinary, and being ill-mannered. Most people also use ghetto when they are talking about Blacks. In America, and probably all across the world, Blacks are considered the "ghetto" race.
Ghetto is actually a section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure.
A sentence using the word "ghetto" to most people would be something like this:
"That house looks hella ghetto",< (messed up/ran down) ,"She got ghetto booty", <(black girls ass/it's big) or something in that nature. Most people use the word "ghetto" as a slang word when they are speaking about blacks.

If you do go through that, then fine, no problem.

What really pisses ME off is when kids fight about who's more "Ghetto," as if being poor is the coolest thing in the world.

That's part of my point. Why does society act like it's cool to be poor?

Because of peer pressure. You got MTV still running this crap 24/7 and teenagers watching it. They're stupid then enough to like it, because all of their friends listen to the stuff called "hip-pop" and wear "ghetto" clothes. Even though we don't see it, we do it out of pressure sometimes. It's alright to wear hip-hop inspired clothes, but it's bullsh*t that those stupid kids out there think it's cool to be from the hood. I can't go by one day without seeing some idiot bragging to be gangsta. I could go on expressing my hate, but everyone already knows what I mean. But fuck it, I don't give a shit about them, I know that I'm already better than those people, so I don't have to be like them.

Finally! We know what Nelly is now!

Hip-POP!

what really pisses me off is when ppl tell me I'm a sellout cuz i made it out of the hood.
wtf!? why would i want to stay in a place where its not safe to walk the streets at night. My pops died on the same corner my grandfather did. i dont wanna continue the tradition. my brother got locked up cuz he killed a dude trying to rob him... the hood is not fun. everyone i know is trying to get out. just a lot of folks dont know how. or ar too institutionalized to do so.

i dont think u gotta sell drugs or even have any influence what so ever in drugs ta be ''ghetto''...if your ghetto, your ghetto, you dont choose ta be, it all comes down too the fianacial situation, the way you act/talk does not make u ghetto...its where u live, what u do, what u know, an how u live your life.

i would certainly not call you a sellout.

i'm in the same situation, i was born n raized in sacramento, i had a hard life, poppa was doin drugs, disrespectin my momma, she got lucky an got a promotion, we moved out here too orlando, well kissimme, but still.........propps goes out too you, not criticism.

"life in the hood, is all good for nobody!" < tupac!

that is not true ^^^

some people thrive on the ''hood life''...problem is...people sterotype the hoodz an projects across america because what they hear in songs & see on Tv

yeah thats true, but when i was in america n i was goin thru da 'ghettos' the fuckin places were hella better than most areas Over here!! serious, I hate the whole 'ghetto mentality' where ppl r like 'fuck i gotta do drugs n get guns n shit!' (i no thats a stereotype) but thats what ppl see on tv n hear on the radio so ppl adapt that mindframe! It's fuckin stupid if u ask me!