He cites statistics showing hospital admissions for asthma at six or more per thousand people in the South Bronx neighborhoods, and 1.8 per thousand statewide in New York. ... Kozol said in the discussion with the Children's Express New York Bureau, "Most black kids in America grow up and don't know any white people."(Children's News Express Bureau) Kozol stated in that same discussion that "New York City, which is one of the most racist cities in world, has dumped all its toxic industries in the neighborhoods where poor black and Latino children live. The ri...

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