The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society. Jonathan Kozol colorgovernmenthide share on social
So long as the most vulnerable people in our population are consigned to places that the rest of us will always shun and flee and view with fear, I am afraid that educational denial, medical and economic devastation, and aesthetic degradation will be inevitable. Jonathan Kozol aestheticafraidconsign share on social
Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available. Jonathan Kozol childcommodityherd Change image and share on social
Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today. Jonathan Kozol agoseparatetoday Change image and share on social
Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions. Jonathan Kozol apartheidbadcondition Change image and share on social
'Death at an Early Age' was about racial segregation in Boston. 'Illiterate America' was about grownups who can't read. 'Rachel and Her Children' was about people who were homeless in the middle of Manhattan. Jonathan Kozol ageamericaboston share on social
If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded schools, we will have to allow those public funds to be used for any type of private school. Jonathan Kozol benignfundground Change image and share on social
I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education. Jonathan Kozol educationfundoppose Change image and share on social
President Obama's first term in office has been better for intentions than for actual changes in planning and policy. I do believe, and he has several things to this effect, that he would like to provide universal preschool or at least far more preschool for our children. Jonathan Kozol actualchildeffect share on social
Hypersegregated inner-city schools - in which one finds no more than five or ten white children, at the very most, within a student population of as many as 3,000 - are the norm, not the exception, in most northern urban areas today. Jonathan Kozol 000areachild share on social
