Race project

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! This week I read another section in my book, The Shame of the Nation. As I talked about in my previous blog post this book is regarding the disadvantages African Americans have in public school systems. This directly links issues with school systems but also just general discrimination. In current events we see discrimination between school systems and African American children. One specific article I read was stating that in the United States black and poor students are suspended at much higher rates than their white and non-poor peers. This article brings up the idea, is it because American teachers are racist or is it because students of color and children from poverty and less money are actually at a disadvantage in their schooling. This is a very similar idea that Kozol brings up throughout his book. This article basically brings up the idea of how can you tell if students that are African American are being discriminated or are actual...

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog!! I have read further into The Shame of the Nation and I have been able to find the overall argument that is most prevalent in this book. I interpret Kozols thoughts as him trying to say that children of different races, ethnicities, or areas are at a far more disadvantage and face greater problems in the education system rather than children that are white. I see this as a common theme throughout the book because there is a main topic of how children in areas with less money or more diversity are seen as different or are discriminated due to their color. This started with the heart wrenching stories of how children in these types of schools don't think they are of any worth. Like I mentioned in an early blog post there was many thought from children in these areas that are similar to the one of this little girls. "I asked her if she truly thought America did not have room for her or other children of her race. 'Think of it this...

Hello guys, welcome back to my blog as I continue my reading through The Shame of the Nation I am able to pinpoint some stylistic things that Kozol does. I am really enjoying this book because Kozol uses an appropriate amount of logos, ethos, and pathos. Kozol mainly emphasizes on logos and pathos while doing so this establishes his ethos. Firstly if you know who Jonathan Kozol is you know that he advocates for integrated school systems which already sets a pretty high appeal to ethos because us as readers know that he does a large amount of work in this field. Throughout the first two reading I have found the approach that Kozol uses quite effective. Kozol mainly uses the appeal to pathos but then mixes in small amounts of the appeal to logos to get his point across. Kozol uses the appeal to pathos very strongly in this piece, he does so by telling personal stories that follow individuals that are in schools like these rather than just his thoughts. In the first part of the book h...

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog. I will be posting multiple times about my thoughts and reactions to the book The Shame of the Nation,  by Jonathan Kozol. I chose to read The Shame of the Nation, by Jonathan Kozol due to the fact that I am highly interested in the education system and public education. Kozol is an American writer, educator, and activist. He is best known for advocating for integrated public education in the United States. Kozol is located in Boston Massachusetts which he frequently references along with other areas in New England during The Shame of the Nation. Kozol writes mostly about the education system in New York. He also writes about the education system in other major areas which include California, Seattle, and other areas that do not have integrated public schools.  The beginning section of this book really surprised me. This book was shocking because usually when I think of racism and such issues its when people of color are discrim...