Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

Quote by Jonathan Kozol

Topics: Charity Quotes, Justice Quotes

So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive...

So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive...

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

I'd love to go back and teach primary school. I used to teach fourth grade...

I'd love to go back and teach primary school. I used to teach fourth grade...

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition...

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition...

You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible.

You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible.

What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the...

What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the...

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something...

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something...

But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts...

But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts...

I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our...

I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our...

If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded...

If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded...

Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs...

Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs...

Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

Even if you never do anything about this, you've benefited from an unjust system. You're...

Even if you never do anything about this, you've benefited from an unjust system. You're...

If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or...

If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or...

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read...

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read...

At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people...

At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people...

When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of...

When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of...

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them...

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them...

I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education.

I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education.