Quote 4
"I asked her if she thought America did not "have room" for her or other children of her race. "Think of it this was," said a sixteen-year-old girl sitting beside her. "If people in New York woke up one day and learned that we were gone, that we had simply died or left for somewhere else, how would they feel?"
"How do you think they'd feel? I asked
"I think they'd be relieved," this very solemn girl replied"(Kozol pgs. 28-29)
Wow! It is sad to think that to this very day, there are some communities and schools that may have this same opinion that this 16 year old high school girl does. Why is there still racism in our world today? Why can't people see each other as equals or if not respect the fact that we live in the same world and breath the same air? I know our world can't be perfect, but why can't it just make sense? I have even seen certain scenarios in an elementary classroom, where children in a second grade classroom made fun of a child of a certain color. Do they get this from other children? Do they get this from their parents? Can racial segregation ever go away?...... I am baffled!
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