the very principles that built our great nation‚ the presence of apartheid schools in the American educational system presents a real and prevalent problem often overlooked by many citizens and political leaders. In Shame of the Nation‚ Jonathan Kozol details his astounding experiences in these schools‚ where black and Hispanic students represent a majority of the student population despite the Brown decision calling for the integration. In Chapter 2‚ Kozol recaps and reflects on his experiences in
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In his book‚ “The Shame of the Nation”‚ Jonathan Kozol outlines core inequalities in the American educational system. According to Kozol although great steps were made in the 1960s and 1970s to integrate schools‚ by the end of the 1980s schools had begun to re-segregate. In inner cities such as Chicago‚ eighty-seven percent of children enrolled in public schools were either black or Hispanic‚ and only ten percent were white (page#). It seems that there are many different factors contributing to the
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Melissa Galindo English 96 Marc Scott OCT/5/2014 Hitting them hardest when they’re small The Shame of the Nation was written in 2005 by author Jonathan Kozol. In this book he discusses how underprivileged children in lower-income school districts are treated differently than the children in middle-class school districts. The middle-class children have easy access to pre-school but very few children in the lower-classes have access to pre-school. As a result‚ when lower-classes
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In Jonathan Kozol’s book‚ The Shame Of The Nation‚ he presents the idea that the racial segregation and isolation of schools across America causes harmful effects to the children immersed in segregated schools. Throughout the first chapter‚ "Dishonoring The Dead‚" Kozol masterfully draws the reader in to listen to his message using the stories of real people and the shocking facts and figures that he has collected in his experience in the schools in our nation. He is persistent in his efforts to
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Kozol is showing its readers that with mentoring‚ kids in these poor communities will shine (304). My opinions on poverty has not changed since I read this book. Before I read this book I always knew that many cases in which people go homeless is not because
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Amazing Grace‚ by Jonathan Kozol‚ is about the author’s interviews with‚ and thoughts about‚ some of the poorest people who live in the poorest sections of New York. The facts stated in Amazing Grace startled me with the prevalence and desperation of the poverty situation in areas like the South Bronx and Mott Haven. These are areas where there are hundreds of thousands of people living in broken‚ crowded‚ and rundown apartment buildings‚ “That‚” says Kozol‚ “most people would not even kennel their
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more interesting. Jonathan Kozol explains the issue at hand in his book‚ The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America. Jonathan Kozol started out as a fourth grade teacher and holds an English degree from Harvard University. He has written a number of other books highlighting topics of our education system. He has published Rachel and her Children‚ Savage Inequalities‚ Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation‚ and others. The content of
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The excerpt “Amazing Grace” from the whole book Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Jonathan Kozol‚ introduces a little boy‚ Cliffie‚ who lives in South Bronx‚ New York. Cliffie takes Kozol on a tour through the poor and dangerous city from St. Ann’s Church. The government clumped all the people in poverty in the small area. Many drugs and diseases flowed through their environment‚ yet the kids managed to stay very happy and live the best of their lives. Kozel explains
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segregation of poor social class in South Bronx. He tries to explain the living condition of these poor people‚ and the inequality between them. On top of this‚ he also described that the public administration tried to abandoned this neighborhood. Kozol divided the book into six chapters. The whole book organized through interview and interaction with children‚ teacher and others people such as pastor and nurse. Moving from individual experience through interview in order to criticize the government
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This is a summary of the article “In the halls of shame” written by Vanessa Baird‚ co-editor of New Internationalist (January/February 2011 edition). The article brings to light the massive influence corporations and billionaires have on national and international policies and the secretive and hidden processes by which they operate. She uncovers the truth behind the relationships between politicians and rich businessmen‚ intent on exposing their shameful activities. A world of lobbying Coined
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