# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/21 "2008-05-01T17:00:55Z")
[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. George Washington Carver 6. Albert Einstein 7. Hernando deSoto 8. Admiral Yamamoto ---
**Author:** ![a\_bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@a\_bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_bee)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/22 "2008-05-01T17:10:31Z")
1. Name a black celebrity - Bill Cosby 2. Name a white celebrity - Jay Leno 3. Name a hispanic celebrity - Jay Lo 4. Name an Asian celebrity - Jackie Chan ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/23 "2008-05-01T17:12:16Z")
1. Name a black celebrity Eddie Murphy 2. Name a white celebrity Ron White 3. Name a hispanic celebrity Carlos Mencia 4. Name an Asian celebrity Jackie Chan ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/24 "2008-05-01T17:16:26Z")
1. Name a black celebrity - Sidney Poitier 2. Name a white celebrity - Brad Pitt 3. Name a hispanic celebrity - Cheech Marin 4. Name an Asian celebrity - Margaret Cho ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/25 "2008-05-01T17:18:13Z")
1. Samuel L. Jackson 2. Jodie Foster 3. George Lopez 4. Margaret Cho ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lovely_Margo_Lane)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/26 "2008-05-01T17:18:54Z")
[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. Denzel Washington 6. Paris Hilton 7. George Lopez 8. Bai Ling Don’t ask me what that means. I’m almost ashamed of them, but thinking “celebrity” does odd things, and I don’t want to lie and mess up your experiment. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/27 "2008-05-01T17:20:37Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Adam Sandler 3. Jorge Garcia 4. Daniel Dae Kim ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/28 "2008-05-01T17:21:03Z")
1. Lauren Hill 2. Bobby Flay 3. Jimmy Smits 4. Yoon Jin Kim ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/29 "2008-05-01T17:22:09Z")
1. Name a black celebrity Will Smith 2. Name a white celebrity Bill Clinton 3. Name a hispanic celebrity Gloria Estaphan 4. Name an Asian celebrity Jackie Chan That’s funny-they are all performers except the white guy. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/30 "2008-05-01T17:22:15Z")
1. Will Smith 2. Mel Gibson 3. George Lopez 4. Margaret Cho ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/31 "2008-05-01T17:25:20Z")
1 Denzel Washington 2 Paris Hilton 3 Jennifer Lopez 4 Lucy Lu ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/32 "2008-05-01T17:32:58Z")
1. Denzel Washington 2. Tom Hanks 3. Jennifer Lopez 4. Lucy Lui ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/33 "2008-05-01T17:33:41Z")
1. Barak Obama? He is kind of black. 2. Hillary Clinton! 3. hispanic… um, that girl with the hips… Shakira! 4. asian celebrity? Kim Jong Il? ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/34 "2008-05-01T17:35:28Z")
1. Will Smith 2. Johnny Depp 3. Edward James Olmos 4. Jet Li ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/35 "2008-05-01T17:36:14Z")
Wesley Snipes Tom Beringer Luis Guzman Beat Takeshi ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/36 "2008-05-01T17:38:13Z")
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 Samuel L Jackson 1. Name a white celebrity Tom Cruise 1. Name a hispanic celebrity Jennifer Lopez 1. Name an Asian celebrity Jackie Chan ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/37 "2008-05-01T17:38:43Z")
1. Name a black celebrity **Bill Cosby** 2. Name a white celebrity **Brad Pitt** 3. Name a hispanic celebrity **George Lopez** 4. Name an Asian celebrity **Lucy Liu** ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/38 "2008-05-01T17:41:24Z")
1. Sidney Poitier 2. David Caruso 3. Javier Bardem 4. Eric D. Steinberg (yes, he’s Asian) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/39 "2008-05-01T17:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=The Controvert] 1. Name a black celebrity 2. Name a white celebrity 3. Name a hispanic celebrity 4. Name an Asian celebrity [/QUOTE] \ 5. Spike Lee 6. Barbra Streisand 7. Marc Anthony 8. George Takei ---
**Author:** ![Purgatory\_Creek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Purgatory\_Creek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purgatory_Creek)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/40 "2008-05-01T18:04:02Z")
1. Whoopi Goldberg 2. Jennifer Aniston 3. Jennifer Lopez 4. Bai Ling [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620.md?page=3)