Absolutely Serious    

WASHINGTON, DC—A Gallup poll released Wednesday night found that a whopping 37% of prospective American voters are unaware that Barack Obama is in fact a black man. Perhaps even more surprising, the poll found that African-Americans are even less likely than whites to know about Obama’s blackness.

“I guess now that you mention it—yeah I can see it” commented local black man, Jerome Washington.

Obama, who trails Hillary Clinton by 11% in the most recent Rasmussen poll, was unavailable for comment. A source close to the Democratic Senator’s campaign confirmed that Obama is indeed black and that he has been for his entire life.

“This isn’t some political ploy to gain the black vote” the source said. “I’ve known Barack many years and he’s always been black; even before he was in politics. That’s something he’s proud of—race is too important to be decided by politics.”

Some white people reacted with concern. “Am I still going to vote for him? It’s not like I’m a racist or anything, but still. I mean he fooled me this long so I guess he can’t be too black.”