This book was made me choose to become an educator. Thank you Kozol.

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.

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.

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.

sociology

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.

Absolutely heart wrenching and provocative

What an amazing book.

Heartbreaking in many ways, as are most books of similar topic.

As I read it I couldn't help but think this is a book I think every militant atheist who touts a social justice lean should read. It should challenge their views about those who practice religion as opposed to generalizing all practitioners as under the same blanket. If militant atheists read this they might gain an understanding as to why some people are religious, and how they use religion for hope and inspiration.