[Reader-list] Ralph Nader, "White" Boy?

[Naeem Mohaiemen]

Not sure if you were being tongue-in-cheek regarding Elvis, but Ralph Nader
is definitely Arab-American. During his first run, the press even made
something of the fact that he was the first Arab-American Presidential
candidate (thus making him another minority candidate after Jesse Jackson).
Of course Nader's identity is as a consumer advocate, not as Arab American,
and he himself rarely talks about it, so this never gets much play (nor does
it have to, a man's free to identify as he likes).

I agree that Nader calling Obama "Uncle Tom" is off the mark, and people are
understandably riled by the comments, but Davey D's guest blogger calling
Nader a "white boy" is also an incomplete reading.


On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Paul D. Miller <anansi1 at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Uh, yeah. So was Elvis...
>
> Naeem Mohaiemen <naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Uhh, Ralph Nader is Lebanese-American.
> >
> >>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
> >
> >>
> >> And like the white boy at the house party, you were sorely mistaken.
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