# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/61 "2008-05-01T20:42:50Z")
Bill Cosby Renee Zellweger George Lopez Johnny Depp (That’s the first thing that popped into my mind - probably because of the Asian guy on 21 Jump Street. If I’m supposed to name the first actual Asian celebrity I can think of, I’ll get back to you.) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/62 "2008-05-01T20:42:54Z")
[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. Halle Berry 6. Ellen Page 7. Elizabeth Peña 8. Lucy Liu ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/63 "2008-05-01T20:52:37Z")
1. Kofi Anan 2. Michael Faraday 3. Hugo Chavez 4. Yuen Wo Ping. (Just the first names that popped into my head. I apologize sincerely for my pathetic geekiness.) ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/64 "2008-05-01T20:53:54Z")
1. Denzel Washington 2. Pete Townsend 3. Edward James Olmos 4. Jet Li ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/65 "2008-05-01T20:54:24Z")
[QUOTE=NinjaChick] 1. Kofi Anan 2. Michael Faraday 3. Hugo Chavez 4. Yuen Wo Ping. (Just the first names that popped into my head. I apologize sincerely for my pathetic geekiness.) [/QUOTE] Michael Faraday? That’s nerdy even by Dope standards. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/66 "2008-05-01T20:54:42Z")
1. Denzel Washington 2. Madonna 3. John Leguizamo 4. Jackie Chan ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/67 "2008-05-01T21:34:51Z")
[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. Dave Chapelle 6. Jennifer Aniston (No idea why she popped into my head, but alright, i’ll go with it). 7. George Lopez 8. Kal Penn. _Now to read this thread and see what I’ve stumbled into_ ---
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/68 "2008-05-01T21:51:36Z")
Wesley Snipes George Clooney George Lopez Lucy Liu ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/69 "2008-05-01T21:55:54Z")
Oprah Winfrey Jennifer Love Hewitt J Lo Jet Li ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/70 "2008-05-01T22:09:07Z")
1. Name a black celebrity Oprah 2. Name a white celebrity Britney 3. Name a hispanic celebrity Jimmy Smits 4. Name an Asian celebrity George Takei ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/71 "2008-05-01T22:14:14Z")
**The Controvert, The Controvert, The Controvert,** I summon thee! ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/72 "2008-05-01T22:26:41Z")
1 Michael Jackson 2 Britney Spears 3 Jennifer Lopez 4 Tiger Woods ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/73 "2008-05-01T22:31:18Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Bill Gates 3. Carlos Mencia 4. Tenzin Gyatso (The Dalai Lama) Now to read the other responses, and (if available) the **OP** ’s analysis… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/74 "2008-05-01T22:40:26Z")
1. Tiger Woods 2. Brad Pitt 3. George Lopez 4. Tiger Woods ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/75 "2008-05-01T22:47:11Z")
1. Eddie Murphy 2. George W. Bush 3. George Lopez (stupid Nick at Nite on all hours of the … night) 4. Drawing a blank here…so No Answer ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/76 "2008-05-01T22:50:03Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] 1. Tenzin Gyatso (The Dalai Lama) [/QUOTE] Who was neither tenzin nor gyat, so… ---
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/77 "2008-05-01T22:52:27Z")
[QUOTE=Abby\_Emma\_Sasha] Who was neither tenzin nor gyat, so… [/QUOTE] > **[14th Dalai Lama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso)** > > This is an accepted version of this page > > > Samding Dorje Phagmo > The 14th Dalai Lama\[b\] (born Lhamo Thondup;\[c\] 6 July 1935; full spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, shortened as Tenzin Gyatso)\[d\] is the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. He served as the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet before 1959, and subsequently led the Tibetan government in exile represented by the Central Tibetan Administration i... [http://www.dalailama.com/page.105.htm](http://www.dalailama.com/page.105.htm) Wikipedia and the Dalai Lama’s official website would disagree with you. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/78 "2008-05-01T23:03:29Z")
Black: Nelson Mandela White: Woody Allen Hispanic: Salma Hayek Asian: Takeshi Kitano ---
**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, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/79 "2008-05-01T23:10:40Z")
Sorry about the delay. It took longer than I thought to tally the results. I am spoiler-boxing the reveal, in case folks still wish to participate. [spoiler]The experiment was a test of correlation between race and gender in celebrities. My hypothesis was that male black celebrities are overrepresented. When multiple answers are given, I take the first. Sorry Shibb0leth, because you gave a male and a female for all four, I am not counting your entry. I took the first 50 votes and here are the results. Here’s the numeric data: Raw tally: 42 black male, 84% 8 black female, 16% 34 white male, 68% 16 white female, 32% 30 hispanic male, 60% 20 hispanic female, 40% 23 asian male, 46% 27 asian female, 54% Tally of unique answers: 18 black male, 78% (Will Smith most popular, with 8) 5 black female, 22% (Oprah most popular, with 4) 24 white male, 69% (Tom Cruise most popular, with 4) 11 white female, 31% (Paris Hilton most popular, with 5) 15 hispanic male, 68% (George Lopez most popular, with 10) 7 hispanic female, 32% (Jennifer Lopez most popular, with 12) 12 asian male, 55% (Jackie Chan most popular, with 10) 10 asian female, 45% (Maragaret Cho and Lucy Liu tie with 8 each) The data appears to support the hypothesis. [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620/80 "2008-05-01T23:12:11Z")
1. Name a black celebrity: Dave Chappell 2. Name a white celebrity: Jon Stewart 3. Name a hispanic celebrity: Carlos Mencia 4. Name an Asian celebrity: Margaret Cho [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-social-experiment/447620.md?page=5)