“Amazing Grace” The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation Jonathan Kozol Currently there are about 600,000 people who live in the South Bronx and about 434,000 who live in Washington Heights and Harlem. This area makes up one of the most racially segregated areas of poor people in the United States. In this book we focus on Mott Haven, a place where 48,0000 of the poorest people in the South Bronx live. Two thirds of …showed first 75 words of 1299 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1299 total…they shouldn’t even be helped. People shouldn’t have to feel like a monster that no one wants to see or speak of. The people of Mott Haven just want help, they want normal lives just like everyone else. Kozol’s venture into this “world” was very courageous and forthright. The depiction of these people he showed truly should make NY think of what they are exactly doing to this community and these children.