{news} Fw: An Open Letter to Ralph Nadar About His Dis to Obama

[Clifford Thornton]

As Ms. Kane states below--this is what was actually said
as I heard it too;


> Cliff:
>     I watched Nader's interview on Fox and he said obama had a choice to 
> either be an Uncle Tom for the corporate interests or challenge their 
> power. He didn't call Obama an uncle Tom. A fine distinction, but a real 
> one.
>     As you know, the media loves controversy and Nader sure gave them 
> (excuse the pun) a colorul quote.
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> Patricia Kane
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> > An Open Letter to Ralph Nader About His Dis to Obama
> >
> > By Davey D Davey
> > D's Hip Hop Corner
> > November 7, 2008
> >
> > http://hiphopnews.yuku.com/topic/917
> >
> > Oh, Mr. Nader, in your bittersweet resentment of Barack
> > Obama you have allowed your envy to dictate your action
> > and called our first Black President-elect an "Uncle
> > Tom", and allowed the enemy to call the kettle black.
> >
> > I can understand that as a revolutionary you may simply
> > see just another Democrat taking the throne of an
> > American presidency. You may think that he is an
> > establishment leader and thus the change he brings is
> > nothing more than temporary reform.
> >
> > You have chosen to focus on the tree instead of the
> > forest so that you can continue to promote your own
> > political agenda.
> >
> > When southern Blacks forced integration, they did not
> > build black-only diners and then open them up to the
> > whites. They walked into already established whites-
> > only restaurants and took a place at the table. The
> > only way to revolutionize the establishment was to
> > become a part of it and then redefine it with new
> > institutions both tangible and abstract. And even when
> > they played by the constitutional rules, they were still
> > killed, beaten and broken down.
> >
> > You Mr. Nader may believe that your revolutionary
> > stance and inclusive policy proposals allow you the
> > right to critique this new Black president and his so-
> > called "change" platform in the manner that you did.
> > But you certainly never called any other president an
> > "Uncle Tom." And quite frankly you sounded like the
> > white boy who got invited to the house party and
> > thought he was cool enough now to use the "N" word.
> >
> > And like the white boy at the house party, you were
> > sorely mistaken.
> >
> > Your points were relevant when you questioned Obama's
> > economic policies and voting record. However, when you
> > decided to use a racial epithet to describe the type of
> > man Obama might be should he not hold the corporate
> > elite accountable, your ideas got lost in translation
> > and you became a "racist. "
> >
> > You gave fodder to FOX News, a white supremacist news
> > network, to use against our movement and highlight a
> > division that may or may not truly exist. Honestly, you
> > are from an older generation that sees race in terms
> > quite differently then my own generation. My
> > generation, my people, Hip Hop culture, gave rise to
> > this Black president because we understand that you
> > must free your mind first and the rest will follow.
> >
> > Mr. Nader, come join our revolution. Let your fear go.
> > Your time has passed you need to embrace the future.
> >
> > Krsta Keating of Revolutionize yo' Block
> >
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