Nader: Obama Trying to "Talk White" Appealing to "White Guilt"
One of the more instructive elements of this election year has been the exposure of the abundance of racism that exists in lefty politics. Many of us always knew this to be the case. I mean seriously, how can you advocate making hiring and enrollment decisions based on race and then claim that you believe all people are equal regardless of race? When all you think about is the politics of race, how could you possibly avoid sometimes judging people on the color of their skin, as opposed to the content of their character?
But now even people who can't follow that bit of pristine logic are beginning to see just how racial many old-time lefties really are. Case in point: Ralph Nader.
"There's only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He's half African-American," Nader said. "Whether that will make any difference, I don't know. I haven't heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos. Payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead. What's keeping him from doing that? Is it because he wants to talk white? He doesn't want to appear like Jesse Jackson?
I agree with Nader that Obama is pretty much like any other Democrat we've seen in recent elections, but what a disturbing comment about what Nader thinks a black candidate ought to be talking about. To Nader being black apparently means living in the ghetto; being black means having old, run down housing; being black conjures up images of weekly trips to the local payday lender or loan shark.
<Asked to clarify whether he thought Obama does try to "talk white," Nader said: "Of course."
Because apparently "talking white" means avoiding those other issues that only apply to black people?
"I mean, first of all, the number one thing that a black American politician aspiring to the presidency should be is to candidly describe the plight of the poor, especially in the inner cities and the rural areas, and have a very detailed platform about how the poor is going to be defended by the law, is going to be protected by the law, and is going to be liberated by the law," Nader said. "Haven't heard a thing."
This statement is striking in its similarity to Michelle Obama's Senior Thesis, in the viewpoint that a black person must always identify first with "the black community," (whatever the hell that is) and ought always represent the biggest failures of his race. It's not too surprising to me that Nader, the "King of Arrogantly Telling People What to Do," is now telling Obama what "a black American politician aspiring to the presidency should" do. But hopefully it's an eye-opener for Obama fans about what kind of tool this guy always has been. Apparently to Nader being black also means being poor; it means being weak and needing the Almighty Law to save your ass.
Or is Nader just jealous because Obama has blocked him from another Green Party run by staking out the most far-left territory we've seen a candidate take since Jimmy Carter?
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