Mental ghettos are not mirages; they actually exist in palpable reality: being "open" inside one's mental or intellectual ghetto does not open its door but simply allows one to harbour the illusion that there is no ghetto and no door. The most dangerous prisons are those with invisible bars.

Tariq Ramadan
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Being in a mental ghetto doesn't necessarily mean that you're wrong or that there is something wrong with you. The problem is that you may not realize that you're in a mental ghetto and that, as a result, you're not able to interact with other people. The problem is that this ghetto has an invisible wall around it and it's impossible to see the walls and know what lies beyond them, so people who are in the ghetto don't even know they're trapped.

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