Examples Of Savage Inequalities

New York city has 32 school districts, district 10 is broken into smaller districts: Riverdale Northwest Bronx and PS South Bronx. The Bronx's is socially segregated with the upper middle population to the north and the poor minority groups in the south. School district 10 is 90% african american and hispanic 10% asian, white, and middle-eastern combined. In Savage Inequalities the author says “ A landscape of hopelessness...the poorest congressional district in the united states”(121). More than a quarter of a million people living in poverty, or 38% of residents in the south Bronx live below the poverty line. For example Morris High School the buildings are in despair, no advanced placement classes, no librarian, overcrowding, one counselor,

like every other poor school district these kids line for a better education. The educational system in D.C. believe that kids suffer because of their family background, while the poor believe they suffer because of lack of money, rather than family backgrounds. In savage inequalities the author states, “ one of the ideas, heard often in the press, that stirs the greatest sense of anger in a number of black parents that i know is that the obstacles black children face(Kozol 216). At Anacostia Elementary School the school would like to have changes, rebuilding is a must. Many kids suffer from hunger so they steal food from out the cafeteria. Right now the kids are filled with hope, innocence, and expectation. Death, drugs, decay is all these kids know, it is there second nature. The principle is forced to close the school early frequently due to the neighborhood

99.3% of poor kids live in shacks below bluffs they rely on lunch to eat. Down in the valley teachers are underpaid and buildings are crumbling .Americans hesitate to directly discriminate against the other peoples kids because this would make them feel guilty .The “ foundation program” constitutes a formula that is to determine the governing power and support local districts. The value of business and homes determine the tax that is applied. So districts and communities with money constantly benefits more than those that are poor. There have been court battles but the outcomes have been the same just like politics. In Savage Inequalities the author says, “ if the school board has sufficient money, it can exercise some real controls over these matters. If it has very little money, it has almost no control; or rather it has only negative authority is all that local governance in fact implies in places such as Camden and Detroit...none of the pretended power over tone and style has much meaning( Kozol 257). The foundation program isn’t doing anything to help these kids advance it is unfair and it shows the corruption. This continues and is allowed to happen it is