He&#x27;s literally using fried chicken as an <i>extremely</i> thinly veiled way of measuring the number of black people in an area.<p>This is a good article on why &quot;fried chicken&quot; when paired with other things can be racist. [1] Since &quot;up and coming&quot; is basically code for gentrifying, it shouldn&#x27;t be that hard to see why this is actually racist.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;national&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;heres-why-your-fried-chicken-and-watermelon-lunch-racist&#x2F;357814&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;national&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;heres-wh...</a>