# Poll: A Social Experiment? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 1, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620 "2008-05-01T15:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/1 "2008-05-01T15:56:02Z")
Help me test out a hypothesis. Just answer the following questions with the first thing that pops into your mind. I will reveal the experiment and the results if we get enough responses to go past the first page. Thanks! 1. Name a black celebrity 2. Name a white celebrity 3. Name a hispanic celebrity 4. Name an Asian celebrity ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/2 "2008-05-01T16:00:23Z")
1. Tupac 2. John Candy 3. John Leguizamo 4. Margaret Cho You know, those are _really_ weird answers for me. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/3 "2008-05-01T16:06:58Z")
1. Name a black celebrity Oprah Winfrey 2. Name a white celebrity George Clooney 3. Name a hispanic celebrity J Lo 4. Name an Asian celebrity Jackie Chan ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/4 "2008-05-01T16:08:11Z")
Black celebrity: Tyra Banks White celebrity: Jessica Simpson Hispanic celebrity: Salma Hayek Asian celebrity: Lucy Liu ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/5 "2008-05-01T16:09:23Z")
Bill Cosby Kyra Sedgewick Sonya Braga Sandra Oh ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/6 "2008-05-01T16:10:06Z")
[QUOTE=The Controvert] Help me test out a hypothesis. Just answer the following questions with the first thing that pops into your mind. I will reveal the experiment and the results if we get enough responses to go past the first page. Thanks! 1. Name a black celebrity Halle Berry and Denzel both popped into my mind at the same time. 1. Name a white celebrity I don’t know why, but Johnny Depp was the first person to spring to mind. 1. Name a hispanic celebrity That guy that used to be on SNL…Horatio Sands? I then thought of Jorge Garcia. 1. Name an Asian celebrity mmm…Lucy Liu…I love you. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/7 "2008-05-01T16:12:07Z")
Katt Williams Roger Clemens Paul Rodriguez (no idea why) Jackie Chan ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/8 "2008-05-01T16:13:31Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Name a black celebrity - **Tiger Woods** > 2. Name a white celebrity - **Cameron Diaz** > 3. Name a hispanic celebrity- **Jennifer Lopez** > 4. Name an Asian celebrity- **Bruce Lee** OK, now I read the thread. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/9 "2008-05-01T16:13:32Z")
[QUOTE=The Controvert] Help me test out a hypothesis. Just answer the following questions with the first thing that pops into your mind. I will reveal the experiment and the results if we get enough responses to go past the first page. Thanks! 1. Name a black celebrity 2. Name a white celebrity 3. Name a hispanic celebrity 4. Name an Asian celebrity [/QUOTE] Oprah Winfrey Sarah Brightman George Lopez Margaret Cho (I saw the first response, and got her name stuck in my head!) ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/10 "2008-05-01T16:15:53Z")
1. Name a black celebrity Wesley Snipes 2. Name a white celebrity Brad Pitt 3. Name a hispanic celebrity Jennifer Lopez 4. Name an Asian celebrity Jackie Chan ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/11 "2008-05-01T16:17:19Z")
1. Bill Cosby 2. Paris Hilton 3. Carlos Mencia 4. Jet Li ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/12 "2008-05-01T16:17:42Z")
Will Smith Dennis Hopper (I have no idea) John Leguizamo Sung Hi Lee 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/13 "2008-05-01T16:21:42Z")
Stevie Wonder ( 😕 ) Paris Hilton (Gah! ) George Lopez Margaret Cho What a weird list. I suppose it’s because my son watches TV while I cook, and these were all on TV over the past few days. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/14 "2008-05-01T16:22:41Z")
They don’t have to be alive, right? 1. Will Smith 2. Tom Hanks 3. Jennifer Lopez 4. Bruce Lee ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/15 "2008-05-01T16:24:37Z")
1. Will Smith 2. Harrison Ford 3. Jennifer Lopez 4. Michelle Yeoh ---
**Author:** ![Duhkecco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@Duhkecco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duhkecco)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/16 "2008-05-01T16:27:02Z")
Eddie Murphy Billy Crystal George Lopez Sandra Oh (Should have been Margaret Cho?) ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/17 "2008-05-01T16:28:11Z")
1 - Denzel Washington 2 - Sean Connery 3 - Edward James Olmos 4 - Sandra Oh ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/18 "2008-05-01T16:30:36Z")
1. black celebrity: Will Smith 2. white celebrity: Drew Barrymore 3. hispanic celebrity: Salma Hayek 4. Asian celebrity: Chow Young Fat ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/19 "2008-05-01T16:32:08Z")
[QUOTE=The Controvert] Help me test out a hypothesis. Just answer the following questions with the first thing that pops into your mind. I will reveal the experiment and the results if we get enough responses to go past the first page. Thanks! 1. Name a black celebrity 2. Name a white celebrity 3. Name a hispanic celebrity 4. Name an Asian celebrity [/QUOTE] 5. Tiger Woods 6. Johnny Depp 7. Carlos Mencia 8. Lucy Lu ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/20 "2008-05-01T16:55:15Z")
1. Denzel Washington 2. Tom Cruise 3. Jennifer Lopez 4. Jackie Chan [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620.md?page=2)