[Fwd: "White Trash" -- A Spurious Category (was Re: Populism as Masquerade)]

[William S. Lear]

On Monday, November 15, 1999 at 10:30:15 (-0500) Katha Pollitt writes:
>...
>  I don't mean to be cruel, Michael, but from the way you describe him,
>your brother sounds like he has a lot of problems, internal and
>external. I'm not saying he isn't a candidate for the left in some
>future set of conditions we can't imagine now, but a movement centered
>on people like him isn't going to get too far or be able to make a major
>social intervention.  He's too marginal. ...

Are you sure you want to leave it at this?  This sounds an awful lot
like: he is damaged and of no use to use, so screw him.

Bill