Ghetto The New 'N' Word Analysis

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During the 19th century race was utilized to show inequality between the Europeans African-Americans and Indians to the extent that they were all of separate species. Ultimately, power itself has created these distinctions creating the idea that some are more superior to others by judging not only on appearance, but also dividing and distinguishing certain groups by behavior. Studies today, however, show these beliefs have led to a magnificent amount of errors, especially by those with power and ones who believe it to be the "truth." One should understand now that behavior is learned depending on various situations rather than being completely link to race.
The concept of race being created an excepted according to what has occurred throughout history continues to show in more recent times
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Authors Harold M. Clemens and Tina Fakhrid-Deen have brought up the issue in different ways. In Clemens' 2005 text "'Ghetto' the New 'N' Word," he claims the term ghetto has been negatively applied to and linked to black

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