“It's Like If You're Rich and White and Male in this Country,” Nader Didn't Say, “You Don't Matter.”

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader accused Sen. Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic Party nominee, of downplaying poverty issues, trying to “talk white” and appealing to “white guilt” during his run for the White House. …

“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? …

The Obama campaign had only a brief response, “Who?”