A new Gallup poll shows that, much like OJ, Michael Jackson's popularity is highly polarized between white and black Americans, with whites opposing his not guilty verdict 2 to 1, and blacks supporting it 2 to 1.
I find this surprising, in its parallels to the OJ trial, since while OJ was clearly black, Michael's racial affiliation has become murkier over the years. Where he was clearly once black, he's now stuck somewhere at the halfway point, not white or black, but clearly "whack."
Regardless of his race, he's creepier than Steven Tyler's lips. As Conan O'Brien said, when Charles Manson heard that Michael Jackson, if found guilty, might end up in the same prison as him, he complained, "That guy's nuts!"
I find this surprising, in its parallels to the OJ trial, since while OJ was clearly black, Michael's racial affiliation has become murkier over the years. Where he was clearly once black, he's now stuck somewhere at the halfway point, not white or black, but clearly "whack."
Regardless of his race, he's creepier than Steven Tyler's lips. As Conan O'Brien said, when Charles Manson heard that Michael Jackson, if found guilty, might end up in the same prison as him, he complained, "That guy's nuts!"
posted by The Oracles @ 8:11 PM
1 Comments:
At 4:54 PM,
Ben A. Johnson said…
Daily Show did a good thing about this. I'll paraphrase... I think it was Steve Cobert.
'Jackson managed to play on the juries guilt over convicting a black man, while simultaneously playing on their reluctance to convict a white guy.'
Of course, as a sociologist, I know that it would seem juries don't seem guilty about convicting black men, but, hey... it was still funny.
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