Segregation in educational institutions that occurs in the United States is not often talked about. People might view apartheid as an ongoing school system in a nation that does not respect basic human rights. Therefore, the injustices that occur in public schools are not easily classified because they are commonplace for many. It can be argued that the apartheid school system was never fully dismantled in the United States. Jonathan Kozol's book The Shame of the Nation (2005) provides evidence and insights into the apartheid within the education system that children are currently experiencing. The structure of children's curriculum, the way they are spoken to, and the funding public schools receive are examples of the inequalities children face. Conceptually, structural violence is what causes educational injustices to happen again. The children and teachers interviewed by Kozol come from various urban cities across the nation: New York, Ohio and Massachusetts. Critical race theory came to mind while reading because the children who face injustice in the public school system are predominantly African American and Latino. Although some of the schools featured in the book affirm diversity, school demographics show that diversity in those schools is very poor (Kozol, 2005, pp. 20-22). Therefore, children of other ethnic backgrounds who attend poorly funded schools are there because of their families' low income. There are various types of curriculum that are implemented sooner or later where children are supervised, treated like military personnel. they are not and they structure the classrooms with protocols similar to those of the workplace. Furthermore, working class children are not given the ability to challenge these...... middle of paper ......tions, if true diversity is not introduced into both worlds, the one will never know of the other. Another way to break barriers is to get parents to see how diversity will enrich everyone's lives. Works Cited Kozol, J. (2005). The shame of the nation. New York: Crown Publishers. Kusserow, A. S. (1999). De-homogenizing American individualism: Socializing hard and soft individualism in Manhattan and Queens. Ethos, 27(2), 210-234.Mickelson, R. A. & Smith, S.S. (2004). Can education eliminate inequality of race, class, and gender? In M. L. Andersen & P. ​​H. Collins (Eds.), Race, class, and gender: An Anthology (pp. 407–415). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.Orellana, M. F. (2009). Translating childhood: young immigrants, language and culture. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.Parillo, V. N. (2008). Understanding race and ethnic relations. Boston, MA: Pearson.