ghetto pass
n.— «Born and raised in the ‘hood, Todd didn’t need a Ghetto Pass or a black Family Circle Seal of Approval.» —by Paul Beatty Next: Young American Writers on the New Generation May 1, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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