What to do?

When Leigh told us that she wanted us to compile a research paper on something wacky, I had a great idea: I could research "why black people are stereotyped to always love fried chicken?" I thought this would be great to argue against because one of my best friends is black and he hates fried chicken. I could interview him and my other black friends as well as white friends to get everyones opinion. My close friends and I (we are all diverse) joke about stereotypes all the time and we can be hilarious, so I thought this would be an enjoyable topic. However, I was not sure if there would be scholarly articles on this subject, so I searched: and found nothing.

Now I have a dilemma because I have no idea what to write about. I want to research something interesting that will be intriguing not only to my audience but to me so that I will write a good paper and have fun with it. I really can not think of much to write about though. I had two ideas but then I read everyone else's posts and they stole my ideas (thanks guys). I still have a couple of days to brainstorm and hopefully something interesting will float into my mind.