Brilliant social expertiment in a really unlikely place
Posted: October 14th, 2008, 11:12 am
I'm definitely not a fan of Howard Stern but his show did something brilliant on his radio show. He had a guy go to Harlem and ask African Americans who they were voting for. Unsurprisingly, all but one said Obama. He asked them why and they all said it was because they agreed with Obama's policies and disagreed with McCain's.
Here comes the brilliant part. He then attributed McCain's policies to Obama and asked if they would still vote for him. For instance, he asked them if they were okay with Obama's support for the war in Iraq. He asked them if they were okay with Obama's opposition to stem cell research. He even asked them if they were okay with Sarah Palin becoming VP if Obama was elected! None of the even knew that those were really McCain's policies!
It was painfully clear that they were voting for Obama simply because of his skin color.
Here's a link to the audio (the poster deleted the profanity, so it's safe to listen to)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCcHzUmV ... re=related
Here comes the brilliant part. He then attributed McCain's policies to Obama and asked if they would still vote for him. For instance, he asked them if they were okay with Obama's support for the war in Iraq. He asked them if they were okay with Obama's opposition to stem cell research. He even asked them if they were okay with Sarah Palin becoming VP if Obama was elected! None of the even knew that those were really McCain's policies!
It was painfully clear that they were voting for Obama simply because of his skin color.
Here's a link to the audio (the poster deleted the profanity, so it's safe to listen to)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCcHzUmV ... re=related