nations schools. What is more astonishing in his findings is not that there are more schools segregated than before, it is the fact that the school administrators or teachers have no concept that it exists or is apparent. They have been set apart and placed in a homogenous community of minorities that there is virtually no way out. It is as if they have assimilated racial isolation as a matter so immutable, so absolute, that it no longer forms a part of their own thinking (Kozal 151) The families in which have no community sharing, or concept of acceptance are the ones suffering most from this kind of de-citizenship. As mentioned before, a participating citizen is one that is able to have an equal voice, rights, and standing in the government. These families have none of these rights that are too often taken for granted. Once these families have a sense of belonging, only then will they be able to share their concerns with each other and feel their voices together will actually make a difference. Not only is their sense of belonging essential to their fight for action resulting from an injustice, there is also a need to see what else life has to offer. To explain, their communities are composed of a homogenous group of people who are all poverty stricken, if they have the chance to live among those who are middle class or upper middle class they will be able to see what else life has to offer and make a more combined effort to reach that goal. There is no variety or difference of citizens in the community of Camden and East St. Louis so they cannot see what America can provide or offer. They will only see what is before them and thus limit themselves. Their children will be limited to the little resources provided by the community and be surrounded by those in a similar situation of life; thereby creating an enclave where no one come in, no one gets out. They will not see what other students have provided for them as resourc...
