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sagenguyen's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Chronic illness, Classism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, and Violence
el_entrenador_loco's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
slow-paced
4.25
violetu's review
5.0
No surprises in this book - poverty, racism, classism, collective denial, drug addiction, AIDS... The saddest part its that this book was written in 1994 and nothing has changed in any meaningful way.
the_naptime_reader's review against another edition
3.0
Similar to many of the other Kozol books I’ve read, though this focuses more on neighborhoods than schools. Book is 25 years old and while it does hold up, as not much has changed if I had to guess, one thing that feels out of date or does not seem as prevalent is AIDS. Maybe I’m wrong, and it is just not as much a part of our discourse, or maybe this is something that has improved? Sadly, I need books like this every now and then, to remind me what got me fired up to join TFA 13 years ago, and to not let it slip out of my heart and mind.
hmelliott's review
5.0
This book, is heartbreaking. While reading images from Slumdog Millionaire would come to mind, but instead of India this is The United States of America. The book was written in the 1990s but is still relevant today. If you want to know why you should care about the movement Black Lives Matter, read this.
mwhiting522's review against another edition
4.0
Kozol is so effective at drawing attention to the inequities of the United States, particularly within New York City. This is the second Kozol book I have read, but certainly not the last. While I found Amazing Grace to be eye-opening, thought provoking, and heart rending, I did not find it to be quite on the level of Savage Inequalities. After finishing the book it still felt so incomplete, like there was still so much that Kozol had left out.
dr_kr's review
5.0
A powerful book. Everything I've ever read by Jonathan Kozol has been thought-provoking and eye-opening. I'm very curious what has changed since this book was published in 1995- I'm hopeful things have improved, but I'm sure in some ways they have not.