Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace

Where do I begin? After reading Amazing Grace, I'm still in shock. Poverty, poor living conditions, sickness. You know its out there, in yes, our country, but to what extent? How many of us have actually seen it first hand? On the news maybe, or how its portrayed in a TV show, but not like this.
The story of Amazing Grace and the city of Bronx, New York, telling of personal stories of people living there is truly the opposite of the American dream. I found myself saying "oh my god" out loud as I'm reading each page. The statistics are overwhelming. The story starts out explaining the population, the annual household income, comparing it to Manhattan just an eighteen minute train ride away.
The personal stories of the every day life and what has become somewhat normal for them is more than disturbing. The author covers the amount of people living with HIV in the area, the amount of children suffering from Asthma, drug usage in the area, and prostitution. Its all out there for everyone to see. The question was brought up as to why so many of them are living in the same city? How will the children have a chance? This is the same discussion mentioned in Land of Limitations. The class in which people are born, they tend to be stuck in. How would a child with such poor living conditions, like Cliffie in the story, have a chance at life? Sickness and poverty all around him.
Also, a large  percentage of people living in the Bronx, are of color. So would this be an example of the lack of privilege the people of Bronx have? In Privilege, Power, and Difference, Johnson states that  "Privilege is always at someones else's expense and always exacts a cost." The people of Bronx seem to be living that cost. They have no privileges, their health care is even frightening. Yet, clean needles, and condoms are supplied to them. Welfare can be easily cut. What is wrong with this system?  In today's society? In the United States? Unfortunately, yes. I'd like to see Trump, and Clinton do a tour of the Bronx  live and maybe see how well the population would respond to them.Here is a recent video showing just how bad living in the Bronx is .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tavGqhjOaO0
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Points to share in class... the impact of these conditions on our children. Does it affect their learning?
Do they even have the opportunity to learn? The schools are over crowded. What opportunities do these children have compared to rural areas?