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The Ghetto Life…What the World Looks Like When?

The ghetto life — typically poor, predominantly black neighborhoods — have become microcosms of racial tensions and social injustice. There is nearly 1.5 million Black youth in the U.S. living in areas considered “statistically high risk” for social, economic, and cultural failure. For Black youth living in urban ghettos across the country, their experience with racism is more than just an abstract concept or a history lesson—it’s their everyday reality.  It can be especially difficult to navigate this world as...