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Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol and Children of East Saint Louis, Illinois

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are African American, it would certainly seem as if the dream Martin Luther King Jr. so eloquently spoke of exists only in rhetoric. The reality is that of a  contemporary urban nightmare, according to Kozol, who champions his cause of racial equality by concentrating on the most innocent victims of the oppression that results from inequality, the children.  However, instead of stating his case directly, Kozol instead focuses on the people themselves to tell an often shocking story intended to make Uncle Sam hang his head in shame.  East Saint Louis could well be described as hell on earth. The congested city reeks of raw sewage and toxic fumes, and the levels of illiteracy is appalling.  Schools are places not of learning but more often where drug deals are made and working toilets are the exception, not the rule.  Irl Solomon, a 54-year-old seventh-grade advanced history teacher at East St. Louiss Clark Junior High admits that the teachers task in this school is a formidable challenge  and hardly lucrative. According to Solomon, "I get $38,000 after nearly 30 years of teaching... If I taught in the Chicago suburbs, at a wealthy high school like New  Trier, for example, Id be getting close to $60,000... for new, incoming teachers, this much differential is a great deterrent. When you consider that many teachers are afraid to come  here in the first place, or, if they are not afraid, are nonetheless offended by the setting or intimidated by the challenge of the job, there should be a premium  and not a punishment for teaching here" (Kozol 30). Solomon also notes that of the 33 students who are usually on the roster at the beginning of the