toward people in their community as "obstacles to moving forward," as
             disposable and irrelevant. Moreover, Kozol notes that the mass media and
             the government fails to capture the raw emotionality of this harsh reality.
             Streets named after Black heroes like Martin Luther King stand basically as
             mockeries of racial justice and equality. The young people Kozol interviews
             and observes exhibit an overarching awareness of the irony
             ...