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Nice Is Not Enough
C. J. Pascoe
其他書名
Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High
出版
Univ of California Press
, 2023-08-15
主題
Education / History
Education / Schools / Levels / Secondary
Family & Relationships / General
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
Social Science / Popular Culture
Social Science / Gender Studies
Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / General
ISBN
0520276434
9780520276437
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=sl28EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
This provocative story of contemporary high school argues that a shallow culture of kindness can do more lasting harm than good.
Based on two years of research,
Nice Is Not Enough
shares striking dispatches from one high school's "regime of kindness" to underline how the culture operates as a Band-Aid on persistent inequalities. Through incisive storytelling and thoughtful engagement with students, this brilliant study by C.J. Pascoe exposes uncomfortable truths about American politics and our reliance on individual solutions instead of profound systemic change.
Nice Is Not Enough
brings readers into American High, a middle- and working-class high school characterized by acceptance, connection, and kindness—a place where, a prominent sign states, "there is no room for hate." Here, inequality is narrowly understood as a problem of individual merit, meanness, effort, or emotion rather than a structural issue requiring deeper intervention. Surface-level sensitivity allows American High to avoid "political" topics related to social inequality based on race, sex, gender, or class. Being nice to each other, Pascoe reveals, does not serve these students or solve the broader issues we face; however, a true politics of care just might.