Jonathan Kozol Quote

MEET MR. HIV, writes an 11-year-old child, over a diamond-shaped face from which six scaly legs extend. He invades your body. This is what he looks like when he does, another child writes over a scary-looking monster that resembles a tarantula. An HIV-infected 12-year-old draws a transparent yellow picture of his body filled with hairy, bloblike creatures that resemble paramecia and amoebae. I hate you because you do bad things to my body, writes another boy. Go pick on someone your own size.

Jonathan Kozol

MEET MR. HIV, writes an 11-year-old child, over a diamond-shaped face from which six scaly legs extend. He invades your body. This is what he looks like when he does, another child writes over a scary-looking monster that resembles a tarantula. An HIV-infected 12-year-old draws a transparent yellow picture of his body filled with hairy, bloblike creatures that resemble paramecia and amoebae. I hate you because you do bad things to my body, writes another boy. Go pick on someone your own size.

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About Jonathan Kozol

Jonathan Kozol (born September 5, 1936) is an American writer, progressive activist, and educator, best known for his books on public education in the United States.