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    the book “Savage Inequalities” by Jonathan Kozol‚ I was highly unaware of how poor and neglected some schools are in America. I thought that every school in America had a great educational system and educators‚ but clearly I was mistaken. I knew that every school in America was not equal; there were obviously some schools that were better than others. However‚ upon reading “Savage Inequalities” I discovered that it was far worse than I actually knew. The book exposed me to racism/inequality in the educational

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    Savage Inequalities By Jonathan Kozol In 1964‚ the author‚ Jonathan Kozol‚ is a young man who works as a teacher. Like many others at the time‚ the grade school where he teaches is of inferior quality‚ segregated‚ understaffed‚ and in poor physical condition. Kozol loses his first job as a teacher because he introduces children to some African American poetry that subtly questions the conditions of blacks in America. Years later‚ after

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    Savage Inequalities How is it possible for one of the wealthiest countries in the world to have such poverty stricken areas with the living conditions of a third-world country? After reading the words of Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol‚ I was given countless explanations on how deprivation of funds‚ opportunity and education affect a community in a negative light. The author ventured into the city of East St. Louis‚ examined the environment and gave readers a first-hand observation of the

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    Savage Inequalities‚ written by Jonathan Kozol‚ shows his two-year investigation into the neighborhoods and schools of the privileged and disadvantaged. Kozol shows disparities in educational expenditures between suburban and urban schools. He also shows how this matter affects children that have few or no books at all and are located in bad neighborhoods. You can draw conclusions about the urban schools in comparison to the suburban ones and it would be completely correct. The differences between

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    The author of Savage inequalities is Jonathan Kozol and this chapters describes life in East St. Louis. East St. Louis is a black community on the Mississippi floodplain. Kozol states that East St. Louis is the most distressed small city in America. The people of East St. Louis are exposed to the burning garbage and foul chemicals from nearby industries. The people are also exposed to toxic waste‚ raw sewage‚ and the dangers of lead poisoning. The city‚ which is 98% black‚ has no obstetric services

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    (Jonathan Kozol at BOOST Conference). This was the beginning of a long and passionate journey into education. The “Savage Inequalities” Kozol has written a book titled Savage Inedualities: Children in America’s Schools to help share with the people of America what is truly going on in the schools. Kozol (2011) shared in his speech at the BOOST Conference that one of the biggest inequalities that children face have to do with the schooling in inner city versus suburban schools. Most inner city schools

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    Reading Savage Inequalities made me think of my school experience in DeKalb County. I lived in South DeKalb where the school was made up majority African-American students. The socio-economic status of the school population ranged from low to high. I had classmates who were homeless‚ but I also had classmates who lived in near million dollar homes. It wasn’t until I began traveling for sports that I began to notice the inequalities in the school district. Our school was dilapidated‚ infested with

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    In Jonathan Kozol’s book Savage Inequalities he discusses the differences in education between schools from different races and wealth communities. Kozol did observations on a variety of public schools in St. Louis‚ Bronx‚ and Rye both in New York. Kozol visits the areas where he explains how it is unsanitary and very low on staff that lacks the basic tools and supplies for teaching. For some schools it has very outdated equipment that has been there for at least 40-50 years old. Kozol adds on and

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    Savage Inequalities: Essay on Chapters 1-4 Chris Hendrick Mayer‚ PHIL 1200-100 In chapter one of Savage Inequalities‚ by Jonathan Kozol‚ he speaks of the disastrous state of East St. Louis. He describes in horrific detail‚ the condition that many school children from grades K-12 are forced to learn in. East St. Louis is one of the worst ghettos in Illinois‚ and Kozol goes into great detail about the multitude of

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    Soc 001 Elizabeth Ortega 4/20/2014 Savage Inequalities Irl Solomons history class Irl Solomons class has four girls in his senior homeroom‚ all of whom are either pregnant or have babies. This situation is catalyzed by the fact that the diploma offered by the ghetto high schools does not count in the United States job market. It is worth noting that not all students are enrolled in academic programs‚ nor do they proceed with their college after graduation. Of the 55 graduates‚ about 20 percent go

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