Amazing Grace Connections to Delpit Culture of Power
After reading the heartbreaking accounts of this article I made a strong connection to another reading we did in class which was Delpit's Culture of Power. While Delpit's reading explores the culture of power through the school system Kozol's reading explores the culture which lacks power and how those people go through life. Both readings go hand in hand as they both dissect the culture of power and how people not a part of that culture exist. The people Kozol write about living in a poverty-ridden and extremely dangerous area of New York. HIV/Aids are high and rampant leading hospitals to be overrun and understaffed many rich neighboring cities dump and incinerate hazardous material leading to Asthma affecting most children in the neighborhood. While these may not be the exact children Delpit is referring to when discussing lower-class families struggling with a school system not made for them, these children go through a school system that is ignorant of their needs. Kozol's reading gives a clear humanity to the children Kozol writes about and it is a harsh reality these children must grow desensitized to the extreme poverty and violence they were forced to inherit. When you become aware of the circumstances, they are forced to endure it makes Delpit's reading more powerful and the reverse is also true Delpit's reading enforces the fact that the children in Amazing Grace have no one to turn to when entering school and their teachers are either ignorant to their desperation or have no means to help them.
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