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...GHETTO. Joshua Sobol's Nazi-era tragicomedy, seen across the U.S. in an Israeli production, makes its English-language debut on Broadway with the same vibrant staging...
...GHETTO. Joshua Sobol's Nazi-era tragicomedy, seen across the U.S. in an Israeli production, makes its English-language debut on Broadway, with the same vibrant staging...
Part of the insouciance about local politics, according to pollster Mervin Field, comes from sheer confusion. In a metropolis where as many as 85 languages are spoken, that extends from the perfumed hills of the Westside to the barrios of East L.A. and the ghetto of Watts, where state, county and regional authorities overlap one another, voters hardly know who's in charge. Bradley and the business community, his biggest supporter, seem to like it that...
...academic par with the general population of the school, but if you as an individual can sit there and learn something and better yourself, that's an education," he says. Stroking the lapel of a well-cut gray suit, Fred reflects on his rise from the ghetto to the good life. "I always ask my mother, 'If I hadn't played basketball, what would have happened?' " he says. "Ninety percent of the people I grew up with are dead or in jail, and I would have been the same way. Without basketball, I wouldn't have had an outlet...
Though they may sympathize with the tragedy of the underclass, many middle- class blacks are not prepared to remain inside the ghetto. They point out that they have worked hard to spare themselves and their families deprivation. Typical is Richard Parsons, president of the Dime Savings Bank in New York City. "Why should I live in Harlem?" asks Parsons, who resides in a wealthy Westchester County, N.Y., suburb. "If given a choice between unsafe streets and poor schools on the one hand, and peace and quiet and quality schools on the other, who wouldn't pick the best neighborhood...