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African American communities  

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  • Communities primarily occupied by African Americans are often referred to as black communities, and in much of the contemporary literature, as inner-city communities or neighborhoods, urban communities, or ghetto communities. The term ghetto was originally a reference to sections within European cities where Jews were required to live; today it is often applied to any slum area where minorities live because of because of social discrimination or economic pressures. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; African American Communities]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FDXZ9KHN-M

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