By Erendy Torres |Staff Writer| Ghetto. The multipurpose word utilized to describe a variety of settings, characters, and actions. However, it has not always been "multi-meaningful." The term "ghetto" originated during the Holocaust era in the 1930s, used to describe a segregated area in a city. "A section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships," as defined by dictionary.com. Ghettos were a mix of organized insanity and brutality built to separate Jews from the rest of Europe. The history behind the word … [Read more...] about Ghetto-ization of word “Ghetto”
Cultural Appropriation
A Culture, Not A Costume
By Erica Wong |Copy Editor| Cultural appropriation is already a problem in fashion and pop culture at large. However, each year on Halloween, people find it acceptable to imitate and ridicule cultural symbols that aren’t theirs. Cultural appropriation happens when elements from a minority culture are copied by members of the dominant culture and used outside of their original cultural context – “sometimes even against the expressed, stated wishes of representatives of the originating culture,” according to Wikipedia. The term cultural appropriation is frequently confused with cultural assimilation. “Cultural assimilation is the process by which a person or a group’s language … [Read more...] about A Culture, Not A Costume
Cultural appropriators are wrong
By Essence Dennis |Staff Writer| Cultural appropriation is an issue that warrants discussion, and students should be aware and informed. Cultural appropriation is taking another person’s culture and making it into some sort of trend or otherwise belittling it whether for personal or popular reasons. In some cases, people are more interested in taking advantage of the culture to generate profit, rather than having respect for the people that are a part of the culture. For example, Lana Del Ray caused quite the uproar when filming her “Ride” music video, adorning a Native American headdress and waving an American Flag, singing the lyric, “I believe in the country America … [Read more...] about Cultural appropriators are wrong
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