Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 12:13:15 -0600 From: Annalee Newitz <annalee at gettingit.com>
Doug Henwood wrote:
Michael Pugliese wrote:
>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.
Thanks, Doug. I don't have much to say on this point, other than that I'm tired of hearing people ascribe meanings to a book they haven't read. Sure, our work *could* be used by racists, but judging from the number of angry e-mails I've received from white supremacists since publishing the book, I'm guessing that they've chosen not to.
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