Apparently a lot of people don't know it here, but yes, fried chicken is a stereotypical African American food/themed joke. There was a golfer who got in trouble years ago when after Tiger won one of the majors (I forget which one offers the winner the chance to choose the menu) joked that they would probably be having fried chicken and collard greens.
Now just how terrible this specific case is, is anyone's guess. Maybe the guys in charge just really like Obama. I think it's kinda funny, in that weird, getting an English product manual written by a Chinese person sort of way.
But yeah, it's like the banana thing, it's a racial stereotype. As I posted in that other thread though, maybe it's a good thing that the new generations don't know these things. Perhaps it's showing how far we're coming? I dunno. Usually if you point out the issue to someone who didn't know they stay away from it in the future, but it's not their fault for not knowing.
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