1. 贫民窟：HIP HOP 文化原本就是愤怒的宣泄表达,Rapper要大声呐喊,叫人注意黑人过去的痛苦、现在的困顿,以及拼命想冲出贫民窟(ghetto)的希望. 具有挑衅特质的HIP HOP文化,很快就形成了一种战斗(Battle)文化. 涂鸦(Graffiti)则比较简单,

1. 贫民区；（相同种族、宗教或国籍的人的）聚居区
    A ghetto is a part of a city in which many poor people or many people of a particular race, religion, or nationality live separately from everyone else.

ghetto

    e.g. ...the black ghettos of New York and Los Angeles.
           纽约和洛杉矶的黑人聚居区
    e.g. ...the gang kids who will never escape the ghetto.
           永远无法走出贫民区的帮派少年

1. a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

2. formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live

    e.g. the Warsaw ghetto

3. any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping

    e.g. the relative security of the gay ghetto
           no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool