On Saturdays the teenagers carried their ghetto blasters to the park and shared mixtapes with everyone.

As we walked home, ghetto birds circled above, their searchlights cutting through the fog.

For many on the block, the ghetto lottery was the only realistic way out of poverty.

At night, the ghetto palms cast strange shadows over the boarded-up stoops.

Some critics argued that the rapper's repeated reference to ghetto booties perpetuated harmful stereotypes.

The children climbed the ghetto fences to retrieve the ball.

Activists are investigating how ghetto lotteries prey on vulnerable residents and divert much-needed funds.