Louis, is in direr need of help and major reform. .
Aside from constant sewage backup and tainted water effected the children, .
the school system is several decades behind your average school in America. .
Many children at the age of nine have yet to even know how tell time, let .
alone be up to par on reading and writing skills. Cutbacks and lay off, are .
the cause large class size and less of needed one on one attention to .
improve the education of these young people. A community filled with .
individuals with such a low education, is the foundation for very high crime .
rate. The children tell horrific stories of rape and brutal murder. .
(Henslin, 343-46).
Quite contrary to this atmosphere basically comparable to the uncivilized .
nature of a third world nation, is the second school observed by the author .
which is primarily white. Aside from smaller class size, significant .
increase in the well built structure of the building itself, cleaner .
sanitary facilities, it is the quality of education is improved probably .
over 100 percent as compared to the East St. Louis school. Teachers .
salaries are much higher, advance placement classes are prominent, sports .
teams receive adequate funding which allows for new uniforms and equipment. .
All these seemingly necessary aspects of a good education are lacking from .
the predominately black school as opposed to the predominately white school. .
(Henslin, 349-51).
Inequality in the job force is a main reason for poverty among these .
minority groups. If they are denied application based on their racial or .
ethnic background, how is it possible to increase the quality of life in .
these minority communities. The Henslin reading, "Invisible Man", tells of .
an African American man who slightly changes his personal criteria from .
Princeton graduate to a sophomore at Tufts University, and he then goes .
about applying for a job as a waiter. Prior to meeting with the restaurant .