Children Quote by Jonathan Kozol

“Help your children to see and notice poverty and differences in privilege that seem inhumane and unfair. Do this in a way that does…

— Polly Young-Eisendrath

Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have…

— Jonathan Kozol

What used to be racial segregation now mirrors itself in class segregation, this great sorting (has) taken place. It creates its own politics. There…

— Barack Obama

“There is a belief advanced today, and in some cases by conservative black authors, that poor children and particularly black children should not be…

— Jonathan Kozol

“things that cross all racial, religious, and cultural boundaries—poor”

— Terry Hayes

“Segregation is still linked to racial disparities of every kind. Where you live plays a significant role in the quality of food and the…

— Jeff Chang

Poverty is a trap: it should be eradicated. It's no real answer just lifting a few children from families stuck on low wages into…

— Dawn Foster

“Poverty is what you see in the eyes of a Black child living in the squattercamp.”

— Matsime Simon Mohapi

There's five factors or characteristics of places where kids from poor backgrounds don't do very well. And those are places that have more economic…

— Gwen Ifill

“The challenge is more difficult because low-income African Americans today confront not only segregation but also the income stagnation and blocked mobility faced by…

— Richard Rothstein

If a community values its children, it must cherish its mothers.

— John Bowlby

There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs…

— Al Sharpton