I had read Rachel & Her Children before this, and again, I leave this book with my heart saddened. Kozol writes of the injustices of our systems with simple and pure honesty that cannot be denied; in Savage Inequalities, it is the honesty of children that speak volumes for public education. I do not know how educational policy is used or created to allow any child to experience the conditions that Kozol writes of. If it was your children, what would you do?

Came across this at the end. Found it rather poignant. The quote is coming from a section in which Kozol is talking about administrators.
"Placing a black person in control of an essentially apartheid system - whether that system is a city or its welfare apparatus or its public schools - seems to serve at least three functions. It offers symbolism that protects the white society against the charges of racism. It offers enforcement, since a black official is expected to be even more severe in putting down unrest than white officials. It offers scapegoats; When the situation is unchanged, he or she may be condemned, depending on the situation, for corruption or ineptitude or lack of vision, for too much (or for too little) flair or energy or passion." (195-196, Kozol, 1991)