In this paper we will discuss Ghettos. By starting with the history of the word ghetto, we will see how the term ghetto was first used to describe designated areas where Jews were forced to live, and then came to describe any area in which minority groups live, or are restricted by economic or social pressures. We will discuss accounts of modern day ghettoes in both scholarship and the arts. By first identifying the groups living in the modern-day ghettoes, we will describe the living conditions inside the ghetto. Ultimately we will discuss how the ghetto today is different from a ghetto during the Holocaust.
