"A Ghetto Wedding" is a story by Abraham Cahan about Jewish immigrants in the late 1800's. It was set in the lower East Side of New York City, also known as the Yiddish Quarter. ... The prevailing theme, however, that I felt was most common to Cahan's "A Ghetto Wedding" and Henry James" "The American Scene" is that of poverty. ... Also Nathan, in "A Ghetto Wedding", because of the lack of work in his occupational trade, found himself peddling as a means of survival. ... I believe James is somewhat amazed as he observes that the immigrant, when taken away from their ol...

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Perhaps the most significant event in my life to date was my family's move from a small town in upstate New York to Philadelphia as I was entering my sophomore year of High School. The transition was very difficult as I was accustomed to life in Endwell, New York, population 13,000, a place where I knew everybody and everyone knew me. ... I visited the ghetto of Cracow, Poland and saw the abandoned synagogues there as well as the graves of many great rabbis. ...

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She grew up in New York in a Jewish ghetto, and then later worked menial jobs in laundries and sweatshops. ... The struggles Sara experiences in leaving the ghetto and getting an education are surely some of those the author faced in trying to become a "real" American." ... Shepard asserted in the New York Times that Yezierska's people did not want to find themselves. ...

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When rap music began, it was sang in the streets of New York. ... To add to the new phenomenon, a group called "The Beastie Boys" which consisted of three Jewish kids from New York had sprung onto the scene with party anthems. ... They helped represent some of New York's finest rappers and introduced such acts as LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, and Davy D. ... Seeing as most rappers come from ghettoized urban centers, it seemed to be a dream to be picked up by some big label. ... Being brought out of the ghetto, and given ludicrous amounts of money to sing was what happened. ...

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Steven Wise, the head rabbi of New York in this time period, received the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. ... In virtually every ghetto there was a physical revolt. The most well noted is that of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Poland's capital. ... The Jews of the ghettos and of the camps fought against the odds to survive. ... Steven Wise, the head rabbi of New York in this time period, received the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. ...

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Leland also mentions that Biggie sold drugs and all of his raps involve sex, drugs and living in the ghetto. ... A rapper that made it out of the ghetto but was tragically killed in a drive by. ... The Jet magazine also states that before his death, " Notorious B.I.G, a popular, New- York rappper, was one of many in Los Angeles for the Soul Train Music Awards"(Jet 14). ... Although Jet does mention that he rapped about selling drugs and life in the ghetto, it also states that he was not proud of dealing drugs (Jet 15). ... However, in Jet he is portrayed as a rapper who made it out of the ghet...

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Different eras have often been defined by the type of music that is popular at that time. Certain songs or music genres are associated with various events in history. African spirituals were carried to America among the hearts of oppressed slaves in the 1600s. They were later used to help runaway sl...

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The Popularity of Rap Rap music has changed very much throughout the years. At first it was mainly underground, enjoyed in the black ghettos. Now it has developed into a very mainstream popular form of music. Everybody now enjoys rap music, regardless of age, race, or gender. Even white p...

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Some black people use basketball as a way out of the ghetto, but the other half turns to basketball because that's all they know. Those who use basketball to get out of the ghetto are the ones who make it; they see basketball as a light. ... So what does that got to do with poor black people in the ghetto? ... About the author Brent Staples is an editorial writer for The New York Times and holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Chicago. ...

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Steven Wise, the head rabbi of New York in this time period, received the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. ... In every ghetto and in every concentration camp there was some resistance, whether it be physical, moral, or spiritual. In virtually every ghetto there was a physical revolt. The most well noted is that of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Poland's capital. ... The Jews of the ghettos and of the camps fought against the odds to survive. ...

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Steven Wise, the head rabbi of New York in this time period, received the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. ... In every ghetto and in every concentration camp there was some resistance, whether it be physical, moral, or spiritual. In virtually every ghetto there was a physical revolt. The most well noted is that of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Poland's capital. ... The Jews of the ghettos and of the camps fought against the odds to survive. ...

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During the early 70s, in New York's inner-city neighborhoods, of the Bronx and Brooklyn, mc's began rapping spoken rhymes about street life to the beat of dj-manipulated drum machines and turntables. ... Tupac Shakur, with his tales of "Thug Life" and street crime, and the Notorius B.I.G., with his bittersweet, dead-eye narratives of drugs and violence made the 90's a statement of how hard it was to grow up in the ghetto. ...

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Sylvia, at about ten years old has lived her short and sheltered life in a ghetto in New York City with that against her she is also a minority. ... Unfortunately being a black child brought up in the ghetto Sylvia is bursting with anger, shame and disillusionment. ...

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On the other hand, Broder was never taken to the ghetto or forced to do labor in the concentration camps as shown in the following quote. "Herman had hidden himself first in Tzivkev, then at Yadwiga's in Lipsk, and so avoided the forced labor of both ghetto and concentration camp"" (Singer 31). ... Herman thought that there were Nazi's in New York and sometimes even though he was in the concentration camps as shown in the following quote: in Tzivek, or in a German camp, he even imagined himself hiding in the hayloft in Lipsk. ...

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Gwendolyn Brooks is a prominent African American poet of the twentieth century, and is known for her indelible impact in African American literature. Brooks was born in 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. Soon after her birth her family moved to Chicago, the city where she was associated with the rest of life...

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The music originated in the South Bronx of New York in the 1970"s. ... People would trade and copy the mix-tapes and would play the music outside on the battery powered cassette players called "Ghetto Blasters." ... Run DMC and Jam Master Jay, were brought up in Hollis, Queens in New York, a middle class neighborhood. ... This drug explosion ruled most of the inner city ghettos. ... The New York Rappers knew they were the creators and didn't like the East Coast Rappers fame. ...

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I remember him saying how much his life has changed for the better since he moved to New York. ... Although New York wasn't perfect for him it was better then the South. ... The black migration to New York City and other Northern cities was characterized by "push" and "pull" factors. ... By the mid to late 1920's, the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing in New York City. ... Harlem became a fad for middle class, whit, New York. ...

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Rap music originated in mid-1970 in south Bronx section of New York City. ... Rapper and DJs disseminated their work by copying it on tape- dubbing equipment and playing it on powerful, portable "ghetto blasters." ... Although graffiti as a social movement first came out in New York during the late 1960s, it was not until almost a decade later that it began to develop elaborate styles and widespread attention. ... Hip hop thrived in the black and Puerto Rican communities in New York, but is now just recently beginning to enjoy wide spread exposure. ...

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Hip-hop started out in New York, adopting former funk and soul grooves styles and beats. ... Artists were out to share these experiences, while also serving as messengers of the public who kept the government in check. [8][9] This lack of representation was due to the fact that topics of gangsters, ghettos, violence, drug dealers, and misogyny were thought by owners of major record labels to attract a wealthy, suburban, white, teenage audience. ... Contrary to narrow stereotypes of hip-hop clothing that the media associates with ghetto, rappers have utilized quite a variety of styles and out...

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Therefore, gangster rap is a category that is a plague to Black society because of its ghetto endeavors and its root in Black culture. ... In his song Dear Momma, Tupac expresses his feelings on his mother and the life of a mother raising a child in the ghetto. ... The song Changes acts as a social critique of life as a young man in the ghetto and the need for change. ... Changes and Dear Momma are strong examples of his outlook of change and the need for optimism in the Ghetto. ... Dear Momma addressed the power of family to a young man raised in the ghetto. ...

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Jon Rice's The World of the Illinois Panthers and Johanna Fernandez's Between Social Service Reform and Revolutionary Politics: The Young Lords, Late Sixties Radicalism, and Community Organizing in New York City discuss the mobilization of grassroots to find solutions to the ills that plagued the black community. The Illinois Black Panther Party worked toward dealing with issues that negatively affected Chicago's West Side ghetto, "The Illinois Black Panther Party was an expression of the spirit of grassroots empowerment that had rid the South of de facto segregation." ... Dur...

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In 1944, the ghetto of Sighet was formed. In a stroke of what could perhaps be considered luck, the ghetto was established on the Wiesels' street, enabling them to remain in their own home. (Wiesel, 9) The ghetto life was eventually adjusted to and just as a sort of normality settled in, the family was uprooted to Auschwitz. ... They were fearful at first, but the man turned out to be kind and spoke the first human words that the exhausted men had heard since their explosion from the ghetto. ... Several years later, in 1954, Wiesel traveled to New York City. ...

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In the early 1900s, particularly in the 1920s, African-American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in Harlem, a section of New York City. ... The movement centered in the vast black ghetto of Harlem, in New York City, where aspiring black artists, writers, and musicians gathered, sharing their experiences and provided encouragement to each other. ... The Great Depression caused the Harlem group of writers and entertainers to scatter; many were forced to leave New York or to take other jobs to tide them over the hard times....

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These rappers are simply stating what went on in their everyday lives as they grew up in the ghetto of urban cities. ... Many of the successful rap artists that are now millionaires such as Jay-Z, Nas, 50 Cent and many others were raised in poverty stricken homes in the inner cities of New York. ... Look at them now, rich and successful because they rose above all the negativity in the ghettos of the city. ...

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She only told Malcolm two things when he arrived: not to hang out in the ghetto and to lock the door when he left. ... Of course Malcolm didn"t listen; he was often in the ghetto. There was a pool hall in the ghetto that Malcolm frequented. ... Soon after that, Red started selling drugs and moved to Harlem, New York. ...

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