their needs that he talked to the Children's Express News Team. In .
this discussion he talked about the racism and neglect of the city kids. .
The children that he follows are mostly black or hispanic and are the .
subject of racial neglect, according to Kozol. 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 rich and powerful white folks in New York City .
need a place to put a big sewage plant."(Children's News Express .
Bureau) .
As he is discussing the underprivileged youths, Kozol mentions .
that the children of the South Bronx are very religious. He feels that, .
the young and poor often have more faith than those who have material .
power. He is quoted in the article saying "The children raise .
questions of good and evil more often than most children I've met in the .
United States. I think that when people know hunger and .
homelessness and sadness and depression they"re more open to .
religious thoughts. Kozol has been quoted saying that he has become .
more religious since his interviews in the city. He says "I long to .
believe there is a heaven because it seems unbearable that the children .
I met won't have something wonderful for them after they .
die."(Manning 1) "Barbara Ehrnreich also comments on the spirituality .
of the book. She writes .
Kozol reminds us that, with each casualty, part of the beauty .
of the world is extinguished, because these are the children .
of intelligence and humor, of poetic insight and luminous .
faith. Amazing Grace is written in a gentle and measured .
tone, but you will wonder at the end, with Kozol, why the .
God of love does not return to earth with his avenging sword .
