Rachel's review
Cross-X by Joe Miller
A LONG, yet fascinating look at how institutional racism effects the tragic U.S. education system. The writer is a journalist, who sets off to document how the debate team of a "poor" inner city school overcomes the obstacles of racism by using the tools learned in their award winning debate team. The teens in the book are wonderful, and Miller does an excellent job of telling their varied and often sad life stories without exploiting or using them. I would recommend this to any one who works with teens or in the education system.
