Kozol Analysis

This book was certainly impressive yet painful to finish. It raised many ethical questions that made me pondered for a long time. It also made me realized how fortunate I am to have a great education, a happy family, and to be able to enrich my life with different entertainments. But I also wish I can be like Kozol, who has the ability to reach out to those who are less fortunate. I believe no matter what are fates might be, each individual has the responsibility to help out others.
Most of the book is comprised only of Kozol's observations of the neighborhood, and conversations with residents there, with very little editorializing or speculation on the author's part. When I first finished the book I was unhappy with the way Kozol chose to end it: there's no silver lining to the situation of the people he describes, there's no easy fix to these problems. But upon reflection I appreciate the fact that he didn't try to sugarcoat things. It was terribly sad, but felt completely honest.
These interviews took place at the time the new Mayor Giuliani was simultaneously announcing tax cuts for the wealthy and major cuts in …show more content…
As both the author and the subjects of this work eloquently articulate, segregation is bad for the poor and even more damaging to the nation’s spirit. The accounts in Amazing Grace highlight the desperate conditions in these impoverished areas, the inherent inequalities of segregation, and the resulting feelings of inferiority, that occur in urban ghettos. Perhaps more importantly, Kozol demonstrates that segregation has made the situations of the racially segregated poor virtually invisible, leading vast segments of America to view de facto segregation as a benign result of uncontrollable factors rather than a destructive force that should be