{"id":20397,"date":"2020-12-03T23:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T03:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=20397"},"modified":"2020-12-15T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T19:43:00","slug":"ghetto-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/ghetto-neighborhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghetto Neighborhoods: Another Racist Stereotype"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are &#8220;ghetto&#8221; neighborhoods? How does space racism contribute to this offensive stereotype about predominantly Black communities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghetto neighborhoods is a racist term used to describe Black neighborhoods. The reality is that predominantly Black areas were formed as a result of racism and space racism keeps these communities from receiving adequate resources for public services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to understand the relationship between space racism and the &#8220;ghetto&#8221; neighborhoods stereotype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Space Racism and &#8220;Ghetto&#8221; Neighborhoods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Space racism <\/strong>is a combination of racist policies and ideas that aim to eliminate racialized spaces or that cause resource inequity between racialized spaces, the main idea being the <strong>belief that certain racialized spaces are more deserving of resources than others.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example #1: People believed that Black \u201cghetto\u201d neighborhoods were full of violence and juvenile delinquency, and this would creep into surrounding areas if people weren\u2019t careful. People assumed that the people living in these neighborhoods had fewer resources because they were less deserving of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The \u201cGhetto\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cGhetto\u201d neighborhoods are Black spaces that were formed by Black people moving from the South and White people fleeing their arrival.<\/strong> White people went to other neighborhoods that the government supported via loan guarantees, highway construction, and subsidies. Developers built new places to live for White people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black people stayed in the \u201cghettos,\u201d which became overcrowded. However, \u201cghetto\u201d wasn\u2019t used to describe this progression of racist policies\u2014it was used to describe bad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/black-behavior\/\">Black behavior<\/a> in certain areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1960s, Kenneth Clark wrote about the \u201cdark ghetto,\u201d a dangerous Black neighborhood where he grew up that was full of violence and juvenile delinquency. <strong>The idea that Black neighborhoods are inherently dangerous is misleading. <\/strong>It results in people avoiding Black neighborhoods because they fear crime and trying to live in White neighborhoods.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White neighborhoods have crime too, especially white-collar crime. White-collar crime loses people somewhere between $300-600 billion every year. When violent crime was at its highest in 1995, robbery and burglary were costing only $4 billion. White neighborhoods also produce the White males who commit mass shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s clear that<strong> no racialized neighborhood is better or worse than any other<\/strong>\u2014all have both good and bad qualities and deserve equal resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ibram\u2019s Experiences With Space Racism<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Temple was surrounded by low-income Black neighborhoods. White racists were worried about people from the \u201cghetto\u201d coming onto campus, and security guards checked IDs before people were allowed to enter campus buildings. The fear of these Black neighborhoods and attempts to segregate White and Black spaces were clear examples of space racism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are &#8220;ghetto&#8221; neighborhoods? How does space racism contribute to this offensive stereotype about predominantly Black communities? 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