EXCLUSIVE: Elvis responds to CL’s Scott Henry
June 2, 2009 at 1:18 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsSpeaking from the grave this afternoon, king of rock and/or roll Elvis Presley has responded to Scott Henry’s recent post about whether it’s appropriate to use the word ghetto to describe certain neighborhoods.
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Well, exactly. It’s not that “ghetto” is necessarily inflammatory; it’s just so 1970s. You avoid the word not because it’s inflammatory, but because you don’t want to sound like Andy Rooney.