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Jonathan Kozol

So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive educations have to live with the knowledge that our victories are contaminated because the game has been rigged to our advantage.

Jonathan Kozol

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Jonathan Kozol is saying that when unfair differences in society continue, people who receive costly educations must recognize that their success is not entirely earned on merit. He believes that the system is biased to help them, making their achievements less genuine.

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