Jonathan Kozol Quotes

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know.

Segregation results inevitably in discrimination and inferior treatment

To attempt to explain a system like segregation to a 6 year child is a very difficult thing.

People have almost been lulled into complacency because there are no signs over the water fountains. But the signs have been in the policies. There's still housing discrimination and wage discrimination.

While housing discrimination and segregation in 2005 still affect millions of people, that's not the way it has to be. Some things can change and should.

The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves.

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era.

People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same.

If a Black American may not enter this theater, this black Egyptian will not enter.

Our criminal justice system affirmatively depends on inequality.

Discrimination is not just an ugly stain from this nation’s past. It’s still the reality of the present.

Put simply, we must always remember that separate but equal is not equal.

Discrimination is not a national defense strategy!

We are saying that when our nation targets law enforcement efforts at someone's appearance or what neighborhood they live in or what job they do, it is not living up to our nation's basic ideals.

Oppression thrives on distance - on not actually meeting or seeing the oppressed.

Minorities do not believe this country will give them a fair shake.

I hate systemic oppression in America.

So let me get this straight: Kaepernick sacrificed his career, dreams, and reputation fighting for social justice because he was shown he couldn't do both - be an activist and be in the league. But in the end, the players coalition allegedly agrees to a deal with a price tag, and Colin's left out of it. Tell me that doesn't feel a little dirty.

I don't think I know a single person who's a minority who hasn't experienced some form of discrimination at one time or another.

The same way I'm not afraid of calling out systemic discrimination, I'm also not afraid of calling out inequality and the fact that inequality is growing in society and that affects everybody, regardless of race.

I just don't see why people are treated differently or with a different set of rules. It's just wrong.

I was born in a ghetto on the North Side of Pittsburgh. I was born as Emmett Till was dying and the civil rights era was being born.

Arab Israelis don't have the same voice as Jewish Israelis. If you look at the numbers, we are not equal. There are many reasons for this, some have to do with the fact that we are a bit primitive in the way we do certain things, others have to do with the government not giving us the same opportunities as Jews.