I think this book is full of metaphors for the issues of poverty, education and capitalist America. I thought the sentence on page 14 of Savage Inequalities, where the author is talking about the evening falling in East St. Louis, and looking around at sunset, the town looks normal. "The posion in the soil can't be seen." I think this is true of many aspects of the American educational system, and many times it looks OK to those of us who just "pass by" on the interstate, and never stop to detour through and see "poverty cover the giftedness" of so many low socio-economic kids.

I fully agree. We get so caught up in our day to day lives that we miss the importance of stopping to observe the good or bad things occurring in our nearby towns. We need to recognize the importance of helping out where we can. We have committed to helping with the hurricane victims, yet we have not helped these townspeople who are living at nearly the same standard of life.

Yes, it is sad that we overlook these areas so often. It is easy to do though when we are so wrapped up in our day to day lives. We are not accustomed to seeing that level of poverty even though it is in our schools.