Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol The United States of America has always been regarded as the land of opportunity. Other countries look to us and see how successful and prosperous we are, realize that this is the place where dreams come true. The place where a fantasy can become reality. Yet this is not the case. How can place so rich, be so poor? How can such a multicultural place be so segregated? Why is it that you can hand the world to one child, yet cheat another? Where did we go wrong? Does the future of our children lay solely on the amount of funds available? Is it that a chil