ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Fried chicken stereotype

Okay, so have you ever heard someone say that black people love fried chicken? That's the fried chicken stereotype. A stereotype is when people think all members of a certain group (like black people) act or like the same things. People sometimes say that black people love fried chicken because they think all black people are poor and can only afford cheap, unhealthy food. But that's not true! All people, no matter what their race is, can like any type of food they want. So it's not nice to believe in stereotypes and we should remember that everyone is unique and different in their own way.