group of children who live in the poorest congressional district of the United States, the South Bronx.

Their lives may seem extraordinary to us, but to them, they are just as normal as everyone else. What is

normal? For the children of the South Bronx, living with the pollution, the sickness, the drugs, and the

violence is the only way of life many of them have ever known.

In this book, the children speak openly and honestly about feeling 'abandoned', 'hidden' or

'forgotten' by our nation, one that is blind to their problems. Studying the people themselves would

only get us so far in understanding what their community is really like and why they feel this way.

Jonathan Kozol really got to know the people individually. We can take his knowledge and stories to try

for a better understanding of the environment in which they live. By doing this, we can explore the many

reasons why the people have problems, what some levels of intervention could be, and possibly find some

solutions to making the South Bronx a healthier and safer place for these children and others to live.

Asthma is a condition in which one has trouble breathing. Without clean air, breathing for an asthmatic

If we look at these people through an exosystem, or "a setting in which a person does not

participate but in which significant decisions are made affecting the person or others who interact

then would the city decide to put one there? Did the city have the residents in mind when they built the

one asks to be homeless. Cultural differences are an excuse some use fo!

community bound together to help themselves and each other, there would be less tolerance for deviant

decide if some groups are valued at the expense of others and do these groups experience oppression? As

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Approximate Word count = 1833
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)