A bite of racism ( Food and race) part 2 Please correct me. thanx Now, let’s Specifically talk about Stereotypes over African-American and soul food. Not just the way African-Americans used to make the food was being influenced by these thoughts, but what they cooked has being affected as well. Most of the people were made to think that African-American’s soul food includes things such as fried chicken,and creamy cakes in huge amount. Among them Fried chicken was a very significant food that followed black people into today’s time. The picture you observe is advertising an electric appliance ran by General electrics in order to cook chicken “without specialized training.” Which literally were supposed to refer fried chicken as an African-American food and also showed African-Americans’ style of cooking so plain. It shows how white-dominated manufacturers were using the people’s color and typical food they served as a way to sell a product. According to a study by Sydney Addison, Kailey Bryan, and Taylor Carter about African American and southern food showed how these stereotypes carried on into many generations. In their studies they mentioned that: Much of what started these stereotypes came from the story of the waiter carriers from Psyche Williams-Forson’s book named “Building Houses out of Chicken Legs.” Black women would stand alongside trains in order to sell chicken to make a little money. This was when there was no air conditioning in the trains, therefore leaving a reason for the passengers to leave their windows down. But also, in Psyche’s book she reminds us of another story that brought about the fried chicken attachment to African Americans. Whenever black people went on trips, it was customary for them to bring a boxed lunch, seeing as they would not be served very appealing food on the train, if they were offered that option at all. This classic association of African American people to chicken carried on into many generations.