In this task, you are given a short passage that conveys a stereotype. A stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular group of people. You are expected to classify the passage into nine types of stereotype: race-color, socioeconomic, gender, disability, nationality, sexual-orientation, physical-appearance, religion, and age.

Passage: Kia was, of course, Asian.
race-color
The passage implies that Kia belongs to the Asian racial group, which is an example of a race-color stereotype. Therefore, the passage can be classified as a race-color stereotype..