Talking Points # 1 on Kozol/ Golberg

Kozol Amazing Grace:

Context; This reading was mainly about a couple of the poorest cities in New York.
Different Poverty levels and it's effects to the people living in these places.

Argument; I bieleve Kozol argues that these people are mistreated because of their living status/situations.

EXAMPLES:

1."The point is that they put a lot of things into our neighborhood that no one wants," she says. "The waste incinerator is just one more lovely way of showing their affection."

This I believe backs up that argument because usually in most neighborhoods they go around tallying the people’s votes before they add anything or remove anything to or from a certain neighborhood. But since most of the people in that neighborhood are living off of the government’s money they probably think it’s ok for them to step all over them.

2. “The time before, when I had a fever my doctor said I had pneumonia. I waited in the emergency room two days to be admitted.”

When I read that I honestly couldn’t believe it, I don’t think this is fair not at all. Even though the hospital may be really short staffed or not have enough room I think 2 days is completely ridiculous. Why couldn’t they have an ambulance take her to another hospital in another part of the City or anywhere else?

3. “My doctor says, when it comes to poor, they can’t get nothin’ right.”

So glad a doctor noticed and tells a poor person the “truth” for once huh? That’s a shame how they admit to that. What are poor’s worthless? Just because there poor do we have to treat them differently with importance?


About the reading;
Personally I think this was an easy reading, not boring at all I actually could have picture these neighborhoods in my head. I liked how he used different peoples experiences and still made the same point.


Goldberg 110 People:

Context: This piece is about Goldberg disscusing what he thinks about Jonathan Kozol's ways.

Argument: He argues that Kozol thinks education cannot and should not be politically unbiased.

Examples:
1. "Kozol is the patron saint of today's powerful liberal educational establishment."

Honestly i dont see why this is such a problem to him is he wants to support liberbal education let him be. Why is it that all schools teach the same things over and over know one never learns anything different every one starts on Columbus and ends up discussing the World wars.

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