Andrea Elliott on INVISIBLE CHILD
\u201cBecause for every kid who makes it out, there are thousands more who are just as capable, who don't. And I think we need to shift the conversation away from what was it that helped that one kid make it out to why are all these other kids not?\u201d Andrea Elliott\u2019s\xa0Invisible Child\xa0belongs on the shelf next to\xa0Evicted\xa0by Matthew Desmond and Alex Kotlowitz\u2019s books\xa0There are No Children Here\xa0and\xa0An\xa0American Summer. She joins us on the show to talk about eleven-year-old Dasani and her family, how systems feed the poverty cycle, why we need to challenge our love of success stories, and more. Featured book:\xa0Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City.\xa0Produced/hosted by Miwa Messer and engineered by Harry Liang.
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