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| − | + | A ghetto is normally used for an impoverished area within a city or town. It was common for such areas to belong to a particular people group, such as [[Jews]]. The isolation usually experienced by such people can be applied externally or internally. The result can be difficulty in relationships between those in the ghetto and those outside. | |
| + | It is also possible to consider some of the conservative Christian communities in the United States as ghettos in that they often struggle to adequately interact with the rest of the world and can have difficulties in travelling outside their country. Some groups go so far as to produce their own internet resources so as to ensure that their members are protected from such "evils" as foreign spellings, other opinions on their religion, or indeed criticism of their habit of attacking other countries. | ||
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A ghetto is normally used for an impoverished area within a city or town. It was common for such areas to belong to a particular people group, such as Jews. The isolation usually experienced by such people can be applied externally or internally. The result can be difficulty in relationships between those in the ghetto and those outside.
It is also possible to consider some of the conservative Christian communities in the United States as ghettos in that they often struggle to adequately interact with the rest of the world and can have difficulties in travelling outside their country. Some groups go so far as to produce their own internet resources so as to ensure that their members are protected from such "evils" as foreign spellings, other opinions on their religion, or indeed criticism of their habit of attacking other countries. Template:Stub2
