Poverty

“So there is, in fact, no escape for these children. East St. Louis will likely be left just as it is for a good many years to come: a scar of sorts, an ugly metaphor of filth and overspill and chemical effusions, a place for blacks to live and die within, a place for other people to avoid when they are heading for St. Louis.” This quote is Jonathan Kozol’s conclusion to a very …showed first 75 words of 1179 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1179 total…or felt. Think of true equality to be equal to 0. Now, consider the number 1 to represent the beginning of the battle for equality. If the half-life of the battle is ten years, then in 2011 inequality will be reduced to 1/2. In 2021, inequality will be down to ¼. 2031, inequality = 1/8. And so on. Inequality will grow smaller and smaller, but will never go away. Hopefully, one day, inequality will deplete to an existence small enough to be considered negligible.