The big question:

‘How can we achieve more equity in education in America?’

A better question:

‘How can we achieve both equity and excellence in education?’

The dual system of tracking and segregation between the rich suburbs and the poor cities begets a subsystem of ‘city-poor versus city-less-than-poor.’

But How?

City Versus Suburbs

Morbid occasions

Racism Entertains

The Equality of Innocence

Washington, D.C.

Americans watch white police ‘catching’ and ‘rounding up’ the bad black man. TV perpetuates the story of crime, but does not reveal the background of ‘deformation of poor children by their own government and society.’

Kozol listens to four children talking about sex, drug addiction, and alcohol with a chipper, upbeat, and animated tone that does NOT match the words they are using.