Fried chicken, a meat product that uses parts of chickens "battered and seasoned, floured and fried" (The Free Dictionary). It is popular all over the world, but especially in the Southern community. However, in the African-American community, this meat product has taken on a racial significance in the United States. It has become stereotypical for African Americans to love fried chicken, as well as watermelons, cornbread, and collard greens. This new meaning of fried chicken has also affected our social community. The reason this stereotype exists is hidden in history, dating back to the years when slavery was common. Slavery is “the keeping of slaves, people who are property and entirely subservient to others, as a practice or institution.” .” Slaves could be of different ages, genders, and races, with most being African. Life as a slave was anything but a luxurious lifestyle. One of the greatest challenges for slaves was starvation. They were able to contribute slightly by raising chickens. The chicken was the livestock's favorite animal because it was the easiest to catch, raise, and serve. Over the years, slaves lived on chicken, which explains why it is a popular food in the South, since slavery was widespread in the American South. This also became the root of the fried chicken racial stereotype, designed to target the African American community. This stereotype is still used to generalize the African American diet. Tiger Woods, one of the most successful golfers in the world, is the target of this stereotype. Tiger Woods has been the victim of the stereotype twice, each by his fellow golfers. The first being Fuzzy Zoeller. In 1997, Zoel... middle of paper... with Fat Joe, and all I can see is "Burger King", "chicken" and "buffoonery". It just broke my heart. I would never start singing about chicken and chicken wings. It hurt me and crushed me for two days. " However, she added, "it was a mistake when you look at it ultimately, because people see it as a mistake. But I did it because I thought it was something that wouldn't come out like that. "The fried chicken stereotype had a major effect on the community and the lives of its residents. Fried chicken went from an ordinary meat product to a method of diminishing and oppressing the African American community as a whole, even one that is not the only race that consumes it, hundreds of years have passed, and we are still on this topic, along with other hurtful stereotypes and need to stop very soon..