office. Therefore, I would have liked to read more about both the former and current mayors and their agendas. For example, current Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been criticized for focusing too much on the downtown business district and not enough on the neighborhoods. Both Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot and the Illinois House of Representatives support legislation to replace the appointed school board with an elected board. It will be interesting to see if this changes any of the politics that are so closely linked to CPS (Petrella 2019). Including more explanation that the South Side’s schools weren’t the only institutions being affected would have strengthened Ewing’s argument. On the whole, this text offers a thorough summary of how disadvantaged, minority communities see schools as neighborhood institutions and why there is public uproar when schools are slated to close. While it did leave me wanting to know more about charter schools and politics surrounding these closures, faculty could certainly assign additional readings to make up for this. The range of methodologies and perspectives covered in this book makes it useful and informative. Ewing’s use of interviews showed the strength and resiliency of the community, which is often overlooked in the larger conversation about race and inequality. Including the Bronzeville residents’ stories conveys their strong sense of pride in their community. Additionally, I appreciated that Ewing not only tackled current events but also provided historical context about Bronzeville and the discrimination that generations of its residents faced and still face. Lastly, Ewing’s writing style is easy to read and therefore will appeal to a broad range of students. Based on all of this, I highly recommend incorporating Ghosts in the Schoolyard into graduate and undergraduate sociology courses.

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书评：两个美洲的故事：分裂国家不平等的故事

办公室。因此，我希望更多地了解前任和现任市长及其议程。例如，现任市长拉姆·伊曼纽尔（Rahm Emanuel）因过于关注市中心商业区而对社区关注不足而受到批评。Both Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot and the Illinois House of Representatives support legislation to replace the appointed school board with an elected board. 看看这是否会改变与 CPS 密切相关的任何政治，将会很有趣（Petrella 2019）。包括更多关于南区学校不是唯一受到影响的机构的解释会加强尤因的论点。总的来说，这篇文章全面总结了如何处于不利地位，少数族裔社区将学校视为社区机构，以及为什么在学校计划关闭时会引起公众骚动。虽然这确实让我想更多地了解特许学校和围绕这些关闭的政治，但教师当然可以分配额外的阅读材料来弥补这一点。本书涵盖的方法论和观点的范围使其有用且信息丰富。尤因对采访的使用展示了社区的力量和弹性，这在关于种族和不平等的更大对话中经常被忽视。包括 Bronzeville 居民的故事传达了他们对社区的强烈自豪感。此外，我很欣赏尤因不仅处理了时事，而且还提供了有关青铜维尔的历史背景以及其几代居民所面临和仍然面临的歧视。最后，尤因的写作风格易于阅读，因此会吸引广泛的学生。基于所有这些，我强烈建议将校园里的幽灵纳入研究生和本科社会学课程。