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==Origin==

==Origin==

Italian, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice Venetian] [[dialect]] ''ghèto'' island where [[Jews]] were forced to live, [[literally]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundry foundry] as the first ghetto founded in Venice in 1516 was on the site of a foundry. (located on the island), from ''ghetàr'' to cast, from [[Latin]] ''jactare'' to throw  

Italian, from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice Venetian] [[dialect]] ''ghèto'' island where [[Jews]] were forced to live, [[literally]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundry foundry] as the first ghetto founded in Venice in 1516 was on the site of a foundry. (located on the island), from ''ghetàr'' to cast, from [[Latin]] ''jactare'' to throw  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1611]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1611]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a quarter of a [[city]] in which [[Jews]] were formerly required to live

*1: a quarter of a [[city]] in which [[Jews]] were formerly required to live

:b : a situation that resembles a ghetto especially in conferring inferior [[status]] or [[limiting]] [[opportunity]] <the pink-collar ghetto>  

:b : a situation that resembles a ghetto especially in conferring inferior [[status]] or [[limiting]] [[opportunity]] <the pink-collar ghetto>  

==Description==

==Description==

The term '''ghetto''' became more widely used for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghettos_in_occupied_Europe_1939-1944 ghettos in occupied Europe in 1939-1944], when the Germans reused historic ghettos to confine [[Jews]] prior to their [[transportation]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp concentration and death camps] during the holocaust. The definition of "ghetto" still has a similar [[meaning]], but the broader range of [[social]] situations, such as any [[poverty]]-stricken urban area.

The term '''ghetto''' became more widely used for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghettos_in_occupied_Europe_1939-1944 ghettos in occupied Europe in 1939-1944], when the Germans reused historic ghettos to confine [[Jews]] prior to their [[transportation]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp concentration and death camps] during the holocaust. The definition of "ghetto" still has a similar [[meaning]], but the broader range of [[social]] situations, such as any [[poverty]]-stricken urban area.

The [[development]] of ghettos in [[America]] is closely [[associated]] with different waves of [[immigration]] and internal urban [[migration]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Americans Irish] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American German] immigrants of the mid-19th century were the first [[ethnic]] groups to form ethnic [[enclaves]] in America’s cities. This was followed by large numbers of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, including many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_American Italians] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_American Poles] between 1880 and 1920. These later European immigrants actually were more impregnated than blacks in the early [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century]. Most of these remained in their established immigrant communities, but by the second or third [[generation]], many families were able to relocate to better housing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburb suburbs] after [[World War II]], as they assimilated and prospered.

The [[development]] of ghettos in [[America]] is closely [[associated]] with different waves of [[immigration]] and internal urban [[migration]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Americans Irish] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American German] immigrants of the mid-19th century were the first [[ethnic]] groups to form ethnic [[enclaves]] in America’s cities. This was followed by large numbers of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, including many [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_American Italians] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_American Poles] between 1880 and 1920. These later European immigrants actually were more impregnated than blacks in the early [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century]. Most of these remained in their established immigrant communities, but by the second or third [[generation]], many families were able to relocate to better housing in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburb suburbs] after [[World War II]], as they assimilated and prospered.

These [[ethnic]] ghetto areas included the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_East_Side#The_Lower_East_Side_as_an_immigrant_neighborhood Lower East Side] in Manhattan, New York, which later became notable as predominantly Jewish, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Harlem#History East Harlem], which became home to a large Puerto Rican community in the 1950s. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Italy Little Italys] across the country were predominantly Italian ghettos. Many Polish immigrants moved to sections like Pilsen of Chicago and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Hill_(Pittsburgh) Polish Hill] of Pittsburgh, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Beach Brighton Beach] is the home of mostly Russian and Ukrainian immigrants.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetto]

These [[ethnic]] ghetto areas included the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_East_Side#The_Lower_East_Side_as_an_immigrant_neighborhood Lower East Side] in Manhattan, New York, which later became notable as predominantly Jewish, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Harlem#History East Harlem], which became home to a large Puerto Rican community in the 1950s. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Italy Little Italys] across the country were predominantly Italian ghettos. Many Polish immigrants moved to sections like Pilsen of Chicago and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Hill_(Pittsburgh) Polish Hill] of Pittsburgh, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Beach Brighton Beach] is the home of mostly Russian and Ukrainian immigrants.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetto]

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