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7370120Nice Is Not Enoughhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/nice-is-not-enough-9780520396753/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6959028/image.jpg?v=638769596509400000459483MXNUniversity of California PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>This provocative story of contemporary high school argues that a shallow culture of kindness can do more lasting harm than good.</strong></p><p>Based on two years of research, <em>Nice Is Not Enough</em> shares striking dispatches from one high schools "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.</p><p><em>Nice Is Not Enough</em> brings readers into American High, a middle- and working-class high school characterized by acceptance, connection, and kindnessa 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.</p>...7005199Nice Is Not Enough459483https://www.gandhi.com.mx/nice-is-not-enough-9780520396753/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6959028/image.jpg?v=638769596509400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239780520396753_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_<p><strong>This provocative story of contemporary high school argues that a shallow culture of kindness can do more lasting harm than good.</strong></p><p>Based on two years of research, <em>Nice Is Not Enough</em> shares striking dispatches from one high schools "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.</p><p><em>Nice Is Not Enough</em> brings readers into American High, a middle- and working-class high school characterized by acceptance, connection, and kindnessa 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.</p>...9780520396753_University of California Presslibro_electonico_9780520396753_9780520396753C. J.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-3df51be9-cc39-447e-b26a-6936c7c10243.epub2023-08-15T00:00:00+00:00University of California Press