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A review by cokechukwu
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side by Eve L. Ewing
4.0
“As the people of Bronzeville understand, the death of a school and the death of a person at the barrel of a gun are not the same thing, but they also *are* the same thing.”
Eve Ewing does not disappoint. “Ghosts in the Schoolyard” tells a story of the unprecedented public school closings in Chicago under Mayor Rahm Emanuel starting in 2013. It centers the voices of the students, parents, teachers, and other community members who resist narratives about their so-called “failing” schools, and places the conversation firmly in the context of Chicago’s long history of systemic racial discrimination. It is both personal and political, and steeped in her love for this flawed, beautiful city and its black communities.
Eve Ewing does not disappoint. “Ghosts in the Schoolyard” tells a story of the unprecedented public school closings in Chicago under Mayor Rahm Emanuel starting in 2013. It centers the voices of the students, parents, teachers, and other community members who resist narratives about their so-called “failing” schools, and places the conversation firmly in the context of Chicago’s long history of systemic racial discrimination. It is both personal and political, and steeped in her love for this flawed, beautiful city and its black communities.