Word: ghettoes
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...begin with, the staff privileges programs, theories and systems over actual poor children by suggesting that these children remain in lousy public schools since the schools need the money. Frightened at the specter of ghetto kids deserting their class to move up to the snobby culture of Andover, the staff wants to insure they never leave...
...spoke about the many Black friends he had while growing up in the Milwaukee ghetto after World War II and the close Black-Jewish cooperation that existed during the civil rights movement...
That reach may, in some countries, extend too far. In Brazil, where the more laid-back, samba-tinged rap of Rio is dueling for prominence with the harder- edged street anthems of Sao Paulo, hypercharged groups like Sons of the Ghetto decry the injustices of the social system. The most popular song is the work of an 18-year-old middle-class kid who calls himself Gabriel the Thinker. Only days after its release, the piece was the most requested number on a local radio station. Last month the government forced the station to take it off the air. Gabriel...
...shoulders of even the most motivated inner-city kids. Keri is no exception. Says Lovelace: "It's the government's responsibility to educate these students equally as well as all other students." Beyond that, Keri's success or failure depends largely on himself. ( "Getting out of ((the ghetto)) depends on Keri," the teacher says. "But Keri has to realize that, unfortunately, because he's black, because he came out of this neighborhood, he's going to have to work a wee bit more, a wee bit harder...
SOCIETY: Breaking Out of the Ghetto...