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Coles, speaking next, expanded on Kotzlowitz's statements and said the social pathologies of the ghetto were only one part of a broader national problem. "The problems are not only social and economic but moral and spiritual," he said...
...Kotzlowitz called child involvement in gangs, drugs and other criminal activity a "slow suicide" whereby the children of this community "are gradually giving up on themselves...
...Kotzlowitz said, the biggest impediment to change was the apathy among members of the community and institutions serving the area, such as the police, welfare agencies and correctional departments...
Responding to a question from the audience, Kotzlowitz took the opportunity to criticize "A Thousand Points of Light," President Bush's volunteer program. He called it a "mere institutionalization of the indifference that has characterized the nation's focus on urban problems...
...Kotzlowitz called for a more of a hands-on effort by the federal government to address the mounting problems in the cities...