Fried chicken
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Racial stereotype
In the United States, fried chicken has stereotypically been associated with
African-Americans.
[76] The reasons for this are various. Chicken dishes were popular among slaves before the Civil War, as chickens were generally the only animals slaves were allowed to raise on their own.
[77] Minstrel shows and the film
The Birth of a Nation led to a prevalent stereotype associating African-Americans with fried chicken.
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On two occasions the golfer
Tiger Woods has been the target of remarks regarding fried chicken.
[79] The first occurred in 1997 when golfer
Fuzzy Zoeller said that Woods should avoid choosing fried chicken for the
Masters champions' dinner the following year;
[80] the second when golfer
Sergio García was asked in a press conference in 2013 whether he would invite Woods to dinner during the
U.S. Open to settle their ongoing feud. García, a Spaniard who was unaware of the existence of this stereotype in American society, committed a gaffe saying: "We will have him round every night . . . We will serve fried chicken", which Woods said was "wrong, hurtful and clearly inappropriate".
[80] Both Zoeller and García subsequently apologized to Woods.
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In 2009, a KFC in Beijing renamed their restaurant to "Obama Fried Chicken" in reference to recently inaugurated President
Barack Obama.
[81] Despite controversy at the time, the owner refused to change the name back, and the restaurant continues to operate under this name.
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