Apparently lots of people believed. The author of the original NEW YORK magazine article and her editor, whoever recycled it in the UK Daily Mail, the OP of this thread, and wrbtrader.
let's not forget that the majority of people are dumb, that's why we have wars, Facebook, Religion, and blind Capitalism.
Most people think they are smarter than average. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon#The_Lake_Wobegon_effect
Wow, you really went the extra mile to get that racist dig in. Must be hell being a klanboy: so many kneejerk reactions pulling you this way or that way.