"Speaking to Newsweek magazine (1/8/07 issue), Oprah confessed, 'I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools that I just stopped going."Before all you "social justice warriors" start screaming about racism, perhaps you should meet the author, Taleeb Starkes.
"The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers."
"In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school.'"
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What do "a residential area just south of York University" and "a parking lot of a church in the city's northwest" have in common?Northwest, northwest... that sounds so familiar.