Word: ghettoes
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...doorways is not a pile but a growth. On a street north of Charlotte a green Chevy lies on its back like a cleaned fish. Such things are seen not only in the South Bronx but also in Harlem and the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, formerly a Jewish ghetto, now black. These areas too are worse off than they were four years ago. From a tenement roof in Long Island City, stately Sutton Place is in plain view across the East River. On the wall of a burned-out building in Harlem one sign of commerce remains: ADVERTISE...
...Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders cited blacks' outrage over police brutality as a prime cause of rioting in ghetto neighborhoods. If any reminders were needed that the problem persists, the past few months' headlines have provided several. The rioting that rocked Miami in May erupted after four white Bade County officers were acquitted of various charges in the beating death of a black businessman. What one Justice Department official calls "the undeclared war between police and minorities" is a contributing factor in outbreaks of violence within the past year in such cities as Wichita, Kans., and Birmingham...
...part of his muscle, blood, bones, and his soul as well. In the torched gray wasteland where he lives, Ramos is a glowing ember. When he turns pro this September, he will be the first Puerto Rican ever to come out of the South Bronx, in the classic ghetto way, as a potential campeón de boxeo. He is also the first U.S. Hispanic whom fight promoters regard as good enough to become, sooner or later, a contender for the world middleweight crown. In New York City, where there are 1.9 million Hispanics, most of them fanatic fight fans...
Ramos seems to be more | than just another ghetto-bred | boxer with the messianic conviction that he will be a champion. He has a magic that seduces. Shelly Finkel, the successful rock promoter, spotted Ramos four years ago. He has shepherded the young fighter since he was 16, and will manage him when he turns pro. Finkel, who promotes people like Olivia Newton-John and Billy Joel and bands like the Who and Yes, says he plans to build Ramos' income outside boxing, "so he can go to university and study acting." Says Finkel: "He is not a gladiator...
...been so poor that no one can tell the difference. In all, about 8,400 striking municipal workers (out of 21,700) tried to use the convention as a club to beat the city into granting hefty wage hikes. Young, who came out of the same tough "Black Bottom" ghetto that produced Joe Louis and was once an organizer for the United Auto Workers, bargained hard but at week's end settled for a draw. A new pact gave the workers less than they had asked but more than the mayor had offered?despite Young's repeated plea that...