A. Hey all! I'm doing extended comments on Jack's blog for Kozol...
B. Overall, I like the points that were made. In your first paragraph you mention the unaffordability of basic necessities, of which you are right. It's crazy to think of basic needs like heat and water. People really take for granted being able to y'know, wash your hands/flush your toilet/take a hot shower. I can't imagine what it would be like to live like that. Then you also mentioned the close proximity. It's really scary, my house is pretty small so I think living with my parents and my dog is a lot but I really can't imagine.
After, you mention how the author learned directly from members of the community, I started thinking about how only if people were more well educated on matters such as those happening in this community. A lot of the topics brought up in this class really amount to needing to educate the ignorant in order to at MINIMUM have a basic understanding of the issues going on in neighborhoods not far out of our reach. Crime rates are a whole other issue. I like references works by Bryan Stevenson when talking about inequality in the justice system. I liked your last paragraph and personal statement as well. Like I said, it all amounts to ensuring people actual educate themselves on issues in order to actual start helping to alleviate the problems.
C. One point I'd like to share is just that I find it so sad that we cannot live in a world where people take at least 2 minutes to sit and learn about world issues. It's a rough cycle of ignorance is what it is. The article I'm including is on the effects of concentrated poverty in certain schools. I think it's important to look at the issues posed in all of these articles from an education perspective. Concentrated Poverty
Rey, I like how you emphasized Jack's point about basic necessities. Kozol mentions how extreme heat and cold can dangerously impact Mott Haven's residents. It's sad but these things are normalized there. It makes you think, of the people who are able to find/afford housing, how many of them are missing these basic functions? Or if they are staying in shelters with heat and water but so many other people. Is having space worth trading for necessities?
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