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‘Turn Black!’: Jimmy Kimmel Visits NYC Barbershop to Find Out How Romney Can Win Over Black Voters

Nov. 1, 2012 9:03am Billy Hallowell

Jimmy Kimmel Goes to Barbershop to Get Advice for Romney on Black Voters

Photo Credit: ABC

This week, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel headed over to Levels Barbershop on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York, to ask how Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney can win over black voters. In addition to asking “if” this is possible, the comedian also pondered “how” success in this area can be reached.

“I want to ask you guys some political questions,” Kimmel told the barbers, noting that Obama is winning among black Americans by a margin of 94 percent to 3 percent.

Among the more notable moments was when Kimmel asked the barbers what definitive steps Romney can take to secure more African American voters. The controversial answer came from one of the men who candidly said, “Turn black!” Another added, “Drop out of the race.”

Not all of the comedian’s joke were election related. Among other questions, he asked, ”From a barber’s perspective, what do you think of Mitt Romney’s hair?”

One barber called it “decent” and another said “I don’t like it.” As for whether ”Mitt Romney has mad flava,” the group overwhelmingly said he does not (they also disagreed with the notion that Mitt Romney is their “boo”).

Watch the video, below:

Of course, this isn’t the first time Kimmel has sought political advice from African American barbers. Shortly after Obama took office, he attempted to gain information about appropriate jokes he could make about the president:

(H/T: Mediaite)

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joespenthouse
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 2:28pm
Who or What is a Jim Kimmel?????????? who would ask such stupid questions to an audience that has to have a co-signer with them when they go vote,voting for someone because of their color say,s a lot about that person,what people will do for a free phone and food stamps.

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JDBY
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 1:32pm
I still don’t know what all the laughing was about. Reverse the roles. If this had been a white barbershop with Steve Harvey asking questions about Barack Obama and getting the same sort of answers, people would be picketing outside the shop and threatening to burn it down. Why the double standard?

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trtmntdude
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 1:29pm
There you have it. Barack Obama has the advantage because he can turn different colors depending on the situation.

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Samwise636
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 1:09pm
Unfortunately, racism is officially sanctioned in the Black community. And Barack Obama encourages it.

This video is nearly as revealing (and disgusting) as Howard Stern’s man on the street interviews in Harlem. Check them out if you haven’t already.

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dugiewugie
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 12:59pm
I wonder what the color of God’s skin is?

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Rev. Bear
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 12:47pm
Witnessed this last night on TV, every black person in that barber shop ARE racist! Oh-wait, Blacks can’t be racist ‘they have no power says Rev. Jesse’. To bad these folks wish to remain under the control of their old slave-masters i.e. the Demon Rats.

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Bluefish49
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 12:36pm
the one question Jimmy didn’t have the guts to ask was “show of hands…how many of you are on some type of government assistance?

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TriforcePlayer
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 12:13pm
racists

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ricanpatriot
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 11:50am
Even the non-ghetto thug, educated, worldly black folks support Obama. I think they’re afraid that if he fails, it’ll be another 200 and something years until they get another brother in the White House. They simply can’t separate his race and his character, and admit that his flaws have nothing to do with his race. He must be good since he claims to be African American, and Romney is bad because he’s a rich white guy. The very definition of racism. The irony is that these people will passionately insist that they’re not racists, because it’s only racism if a so-called minority is on the receiving end. To them racism against white people isn’t racism, it’s justice. Thanks, Socialcrats. The world is such a better place now.

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jungle J
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 11:30am
He walked into and sat in a sewer of hate.Why would any sane man do that?

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jungle J
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 11:29am
He did us a great service and showed us common black America in just a few minutes…if you ain’t black accept being prey or die or become a slave was the message.

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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 12:32pm
  At least they had jobs cutting ****. To me that is being productive members of society.
  
  Fair is fair.
  
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ClaudeRains
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 11:16am
A pure form of ignorance.

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Minarchistman
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 11:11am
The various victims of “social injustice” have become so petty and played out that any sympathy I might have had has long since expired. All of them need to be tuned out like a whiney toddler. At this point all of the fuss is just a tantrum and the more we respond to it, the more intense and frequent it wil become. I say we call it out for what it is…the next time one of these groups gets all “high and mighty agitated” we step back and say, grow up and deal with it, you are making the mess, you clean it up or you live with it.

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crusaderx9
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:44am
The most racist voting block in America – openly racist and no one is alarmed…

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THX-1138
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:42am
I weep for the black community in this nation. Thet are going to lose their collective mind next week.

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- trtmntdude
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 1:39pm
  Yep, and we thought there was crying when Walker won his recall. i fully expect rioting when Romney wins.
  
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skiz
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:31am
This is BS! If all it took was to be black, Herman Cain would be our nominee! Republicans have more non-white members of congress, senate and governors than the dems do. What the barber shop folks meant was you have to be a black leftist for them to like you. They want free stuff. PATHETIC!

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TROONORTH
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:20am
“Obama is winning among black Americans by a margin of 94 percent to 3 percent.” Racism in it’s purest form.

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Tigress1
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:15am
If those 4 men that were killed in Benghazi were black, would that make a difference in how they felt about the incident and coverup?

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- oceanrcr
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:26am
  One WAS named Tyrone… Does that help?
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:32am
  I don’t believe the Benghazi incident had anything to do with race. However, everyone knows FULL WELL that if the tables were turned and Obama was white and those men were black, this is ALL we would be hearing: “Obama doesn’t care about black people.” and “Obama let those men DIE because they were black!” I confess, that I would enjoy a little satisfaction in seeing the Progressives (who stir up the race issue constantly) get a little taste of their own medicine. Then they would know what we have been having to deal with for YEARS now! (The Devil made me say this.)
  
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- oceanrcr
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:41am
  One Was named Tyrone… Does that help??
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:54am
  @Oceanrcr, no, that’s “not black enough”. The name would have to be “Orangejello” or something.
  
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Recceman90
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:00am
Maybe Jimmie should have reminded them that the Republicans are who freed them and enforced their unalienable rights to be recognized, while the Democrats continue to enslave them to the Government.

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- skiz
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:35am
  This has bothered me years. Why dont blacks know that is was the democrats that kept them from voting, Jim Crow laws, turned dogs on them, turned the fire hoses on them, beat them, made them use seperate facilities from whites and yet they still vote for dems. I JUST DONT GET IT!
  
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Artisan
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 9:57am
Check out this short film. Maybe the movie “2016″ should’ve looked like this. http://www.dragontape.com/#!/5962022

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swamp_donkey
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 9:56am
TxSon
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 9:32am
Swamp Donkey, I think it’s time you pulled your Ass out of the muck. Oxygen deprivation is having a detrimental effect on your brain function.

good comeback genius lol

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- Annapurna
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 1:50pm
  Anyone who would call themselves “Swamp Donkey” needn’t criticise another’s intellect.
  
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 9:56am
Pockets of racism still exists .

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- barber2
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:01am
  Precisely why Obama was chosen…
  
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fulcrum
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 9:52am
I would like to know from a black person’s prospective:
If black people have such faith in black leadership, I would like to know what their point of reference is (historically speaking)
I’m not aware of any country in the world ruled purely by black people that is doing well economically or financially and is not a third world country?
Their only chance at great leadership is if they move away from socialist policies of redistribution that has kept them in slavery, and embrace personal accountability!! leaders like coronel West, or Herman Cain could represent black America and serve as great examples 1000 times better than any entitlement oriented, Marxist, socialist president could.

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HK
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 9:52am
As a minority I’m ashamed!

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Tigress1
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 9:52am
Here’s a question: If Obama “turned white” would black people still like him and vote for him?

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- THX-1138
  Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:44am
  He is white.
  
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