The advertisement shows the hands of a white man in a plaid shirt reading and then crumpling up a job rejection letter while a voiceover says, "You needed that job, and you were the best qualified. But they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. Is that really fair?" The advertisement compared Helms to Gantt by saying that Gantt was "for racial quotas" and that Helms was against them.[3][2] In particular, it accused Gantt of supporting "Ted Kennedy's racial quota law."[4]
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^ 30 Second Candidate "Hands", Retrieved February 28, 2016
^ ab Jamieson, Kathleen Hall (1993). Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction, and Democracy. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 97–100. ISBN978-0-19-508553-2.
^Archived at Ghostarchive and the : Jesse Helms "Hands" ad. YouTube.
^Lee, Deron (July 8, 2008). . National Journal. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
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hands, advertisement, hands, sometimes, known, white, hands, controversial, political, advertisement, that, aired, television, during, 1990, united, states, senate, election, north, carolina, political, campaign, jesse, helms, criticizing, opponent, harvey, ga. Hands sometimes known as White Hands was a controversial political advertisement that aired on television during the 1990 United States Senate election in North Carolina by the political campaign of Jesse Helms criticizing his opponent Harvey Gantt for being in favor of racial quotas The advertisement is considered to be an important factor in Helms s narrow victory over Gantt and was written and produced by Alex Castellanos 1 2 The advertisement shows the hands of a white man in a plaid shirt reading and then crumpling up a job rejection letter while a voiceover says You needed that job and you were the best qualified But they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota Is that really fair The advertisement compared Helms to Gantt by saying that Gantt was for racial quotas and that Helms was against them 3 2 In particular it accused Gantt of supporting Ted Kennedy s racial quota law 4 References edit 30 Second Candidate Hands Retrieved February 28 2016 a b Jamieson Kathleen Hall 1993 Dirty Politics Deception Distraction and Democracy New York Oxford University Press pp 97 100 ISBN 978 0 19 508553 2 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Jesse Helms Hands ad YouTube Lee Deron July 8 2008 Ad Spotlight Classic Jesse Helms 1990 National Journal Archived from the original on August 17 2009 Retrieved June 20 2009 nbsp This advertising related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to the politics of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hands advertisement amp oldid 1187715928, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
