Is it normal my friend changes her food preferences this way?

A lot of people seem confused about the idea that "white people food" would even be a thing. Race and racism can be kind of complicated, but here's basically the deal on stereotypes about white people, as I understand it. (this is centered on the US, because that's where I'm from, but a lot of it applies to other predominantly white countries as well).

There are stereotypes about white people (apparently there's one that we all love mayonnaise, and another one that we smell like wet dogs when we're in the rain? I… I don't know, man), but they're not as mainstream as stereotypes about other races. This is partially because in the US, the "default human" is a white man. If you draw a very simple stick figure, people in American culture will assume it's a white man. If you want to make it a black person, you have to colour it in. If you want to make it a woman, you have to give it hair or a skirt. If you want to make it Asian, you have to give it stereotypical Asian features (slanted eyes etc). This isn't true everywhere in the world, of course. In Japan, for example, if you drew a simple stick figure, people would assume that it was a Japanese man. To make it a white person, you'd have to give it what are considered stereotypically white features in Japan (a long nose, blue eyes, etc). In fact, confusion about this often leads Americans to believe that characters in anime, manga, and Japanese video games are white, when in fact they're Japanese. Also, there are lots stereotypes about white people in Japan that don't exist here.

Bear with me, here, there is a point to this, I promise. In the US, white people also have privilege over other races. It shows up in a lot of different ways. As a white person, if a cop pulls me over, I know it wasn't because of my race. When I was growing up, TV and books were full of role models of various professions of the same race as me (not the same sex, though, but that's a male privilege issue, not a white privilege one). In history class, I got taught about people in the societies my ancestors were part of the vast majority of the time. If I make a mistake, it won't be seen as a reflection on my entire race. If I do well in something, it won't be seen as a result of my race (if I win a race, people won't say "it's because white people have more fast twitch muscle fibre", for instance).

This isn't something to feel guilty for, and it isn't something that should be taken away (though other races should get the same benefits). Being considered the "default human being", and therefore not being widely stereotyped on the same level other races are, is part of white privilege. Stereotyping is a fairly natural thing to do; the human brain is very good at recognising patterns, and it's natural to try to find patterns in the way people act and the way they behave. The problem is that the human brain gets a little bit excited about picking out patterns, and so we end up noticing and communicating about patterns that aren't even real. People of all races stereotype. The fact that stereotypes about people of colour (by which I mean any non-white people) are more common than stereotypes about white people, though, is because of white privilege. It's because there are more white people in positions of power to communicate stereotypes (and obviously, you're less likely to spread stereotypes about your own race), and because white people are seen as the default, while people of colour as seen as exceptions. This also means that stereotypes about people of colour tend to be more harmful than stereotypes about white people, because they're more widespread, backed by power, and some of them have centuries of oppression behind them.

Point is: yes, there is such a thing as stereotypical white people food. No, you probably haven't heard of it (particularly if you're white), because stereotypes about white people aren't widespread, which is because systematic racism against white people isn't a thing in white dominated societies.

Anyway, I know this isn't the most perfect or complete explanation of privilege and stereotypes, but hopefully it helps a bit. If you've got any questions about what I wrote, please ask. Lots and lots of people have written about this online, probably a lot better than I just did.

"I haven't noticed much distinction with race and diet" Alphabet said it, what the hell world are you living in where people exclude other foods because of their ethnicity?

Yes I'd like to know what a "White People's food" is, because last night my girl friend and I (white) had chicken cutlets, and potatoes, this evening we went to our (black) friends home, where he and his wife had the exact same. Our ladies had the same wine and we drank the same liquor, I haven't noticed much distinction with race and diet.

I know a couple of girls who change their religion and political views based on who they're dating or who they're trying to date. I personally think it's kind of sad.

About your friend, though, I think it's ok for her to choose what she eats according to what her boyfriend eats. Whatever. It's a little weird for her to go around telling people she doesn't eat white people food anymore, though.

The fuck is "white people's food"? Smh. What a world.