Nathan — yes, there is a stereotype about blacks and waffles, especially the combination of chicken and waffles. Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (which I have never seen, for the record) had some fun with it:

Deuce Bigalow: T.J., I’m so glad you are here.
T.J. Hicks: How did you find me?
Deuce Bigalow: Well, this seemed like the only chicken and waffles place in all of Holland.
T.J. Hicks: Ohhh, so the black guy has to go to a chicken and waffles place, that’s racist!
Deuce Bigalow: But you’re here.
T.J. Hicks: Yeah, but figuring it out was racist.

This conversation is especially funny to those of us who realize that while no stereotype is universally true, stereotypes usually do describe statistical trends. Which is no excuse for celebrating a civil-rights hero this way, of course.