ABSTRACT
When we talk of ghetto culture, we imply that in the segregated ghetto environment, there are ways of thinking and acting evolved and maintained which are communicated (as well as communicated about) between ghetto dwellers. These together constitute ghetto culture. If this sounds self-evident, we may hasten to note that some observers have felt that the culture concept has little utility for understanding the black ghetto. Thus one major problem turns out to be exactly what kind of culture the ghetto has, what makes it or does not make it a culture. We will deal with this question at length.
