Reply To: How offensive are watermelons?

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The potential offense comes from the fact that blacks have been assigned a particular affinity for watermellons and fried chicken in the lore of bigots since we came to this country. Just as an example, if you happen to see footage of old cartoons from the thirties and forties that depict black people and black life, kettle-dark and new-car shiny children with white-colored lips as big as your fist can often be seen devouring huge wedges of watermellon in three bites with mindless looks of glee in their eyes. Further, there is a large market in black collectibles that feature equally degrading depictions of blacks and watermellon–pictures, figurines, you name it. Most people now collect these as a relic of history, but there was a time when they were thought to be charming and realistic depictions.

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