Results: The Powerful Minority - Do You Know These Important People
Published on 07/11/2013
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Star Parker is an American syndicated columnist, social critic, author, and conservative political activist. In 1995, she founded the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education. Have you heard of Star Parker before this survey?

Yes
12%
175 votes
No
88%
1285 votes
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2.
Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr. is a retired American neurosurgeon. Among other surgical innovations, Carson did pioneering work on the successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the head. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Have you heard of Dr. Benjamin S. Carson before this survey?

Yes
21%
302 votes
No
79%
1158 votes
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3.
Dr. Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. He is currently the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. According to Larry D. Nachman in Commentary magazine, he is considered a leading representative of the Chicago school of economics. Have you heard of Dr. Thomas Sowell before this survey?

Yes
13%
184 votes
No
87%
1276 votes
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Marcus 'Joar' Samuelsson is an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef and owner of Red Rooster Harlem in New York City and three other restaurants. Have you heard of Marcus Samuelsson before this survey?

Yes
22%
319 votes
No
78%
1141 votes
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5.
Morou Ouattara is an executive chef and owner of the Kora and Farrah Olivia restaurants in Arlington, VA. Born and raised on the Ivory Coast in West Africa, he combines French, African and Middle Eastern cuisines. Have you heard of Morou Ouattara before this survey?

Yes
9%
127 votes
No
91%
1333 votes
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Dr. Tirso del Junco-Mesa is a general surgeon, Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.He was a member of the Cuban rowing team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Recipient of numerous awards including Americanism medal, Daughters of the American Revolution. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Visitors of the United State Naval Academy. Have you heard of Dr. Tirso del Junco-Mesa before this survey? Yes
7%
108 votes
No
93%
1352 votes
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Ellen Lauri Ochoa is a former astronaut and current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Ochoa became director of the center upon retirement of the current director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012. Have you heard of Ellen Ochoa before this survey?

Yes
20%
289 votes
No
80%
1171 votes
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Luis W. Alvarez was an American experimental physicist and inventor, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968. The American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis Alvarez (1911–1988) was one of the most brilliant and productive experimental physicists of the twentieth century."[1] After receiving his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1936, Alvarez went to work for Ernest Lawrence at the Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Alvarez devised a set of experiments to observe K-electron capture in radioactive nuclei, predicted by the beta decay theory but never observed. He produced 3H using the cyclotron and measured its lifetime. In collaboration with Felix Bloch, he measured the magnetic moment of the neutron. Have you heard of Luiz Walter Alvarez before this survey?

Yes
15%
213 votes
No
85%
1247 votes
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Maya Ying Lin is an American architectural designer and artist who is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art. She is best known as the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Have you heard of Maya Lin before this survey?

Yes
15%
223 votes
No
85%
1237 votes
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10.
Sheryl WuDunn is a Chinese American business executive, author, lecturer, and the first Asian American to win a Pulitzer Prize. Have you heard of Sheryl WuDunn before this survey?

Yes
9%
129 votes
No
91%
1331 votes
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11.
Angelin Chang is a Grammy award-winning classical pianist and professor of music at Cleveland State University. She heads the university's keyboard studies program and coordinates the university's chamber music program, and teaches music and law. Have you heard of Angelin Chang before this survey?

Yes
11%
156 votes
No
89%
1304 votes
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12.
Cristeta Pasia Comerford is a Philippine-American chef who has been the White House Executive Chef since 2005. She is the first woman to be selected for the post, and also the first of Asian descent. Have you heard of Cristeta Comerford before this survey?

Yes
14%
211 votes
No
86%
1249 votes
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