HausofAsseveration
For decades, “the ghetto” has been treated like a cultural failure.
This series tells the truth.
The ghetto was not accidental.
It was designed through policy, divestment, criminalization, and displacement — and then exploited for culture, profit, and land.
In this multi-part Chamber of Culture series, we break down:
• What the ghetto actually is — and where the word comes from
• How U.S. neighborhoods were intentionally devalued
• The role of public housing and the projects
• The crack era, over-policing, and mass incarceration
• How ghetto culture shaped modern music, fashion, and “cool”
• How gentrification rebranded displacement as “revitalization”
• Why the word “ghetto” must end
• And what comes next
We introduce a new framework for the future: The Ancestral Commons — a model rooted in dignity, culture, technology, housing, and collective care.
This isn’t nostalgia.
This isn’t blame.
This is design — forward.
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Because the era of survival is ending.
And the era of intentional community is beginning.
Welcome to the Ancestral Commons.
