text: what does this mean? what does fried chicken or watermelon  have to do with a races comment to blacks. what do they represent. i really want to know that's a racist stereotype started during the 1830 in minstrel shows where white men would paint their faces and mock african americans.  even though every races has people that eat chicken and watermelons, some people are so ignorant that they still believe the stereotype.  it would be like believing that all white people are corny, can't dance, smell like dogs when wet, are smug, are racist, that all asians eat dogs and are smart and that all mexicans steal.