Black men who watched Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the 2007 Democratic National Convention

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According to the research conducted by Nicholas A. Valentino et al. (2011), Black men who watched Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the 2007 Democratic National Convention scored higher on a verbal ability test than Black men who did not watch the speech. The authors suggest that this could be due to the positive stereotype association between Blacks and verbal ability, activated by the presence of a successful Black public figure. The study did not measure interest in the political process, nor did it compare Black and White men who did not watch the speech.

Black Men Who Watched Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech at the 2007