>Did
>Matt Wray and Jewelle Newitz, (using my memory here) of the Bad Subjects
>crew at Cal Berkeley who wrote a book on "White Trash" culture
Your memory is partly correct: it's Annalee Newitz, and they edited the volume, which includes a chapter by me, called "Trash-o-nomics."
> think that
>work like theirs and this stuff from U.VA. could be used by folks whose
>racial politics are shall we say not exactly progressive.
I'm sure they didn't, but I'm cc'ing Annalee if she wants to answer.
Doug