Ralph, Ralph...

On seeing this article in which Ralph Nader comments that Barack Obama “tries to talk White”, and that the reason for his success is because of White guilt... well, I not only had to comment, but I sent a letter to Mr. Nader, as well.

Obama using 'white guilt,' Nader says:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/25/nader.obama/index.html?section=cnn_latest

My Letter:

Mr. Nader;

You were one of my mother's great heroes, as you were mine as I was growing up.

But your statements regarding Senator Obama -- Well, I find them simply repugnant. I'm writing you as a Black woman who *is* articulate (and has often been accused by both Whites and Blacks as 'trying to talk White' because of that) and who also has 10 White roommates who are also voting for Obama (and, by the way-- not out of White guilt).

Please apologize-- not only to Obama, but also to the millions of Black People you have just insulted--including all of the Black educators past and present, who have have worked tirelessly to get our people to speak English properly, so that we too, through hard work and effort, and education, have a chance to realize the American Dream.

Being Black is *NOT* about being inarticulate.