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Originally Posted by shinerbock
If white people don't like chicken and watermelon too, then I'm not sure what is wrong with them. To me, this is like saying "Black people like money."
Question for black folks, if there wasn't the history involved with the watermelon and fried chicken stereotype, would it be funny? Well, maybe not funny, but if the history and negative (I guess?) connotation wasn't there, would it still be offensive? The same question could go to Jewish people and profession stereotypes, etc.
Basically, is it the stereotype itself, or the pattern and tone of usage?
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My mother refused to eat watermelon because of the streotype associated with it.
I would eat it, but not around white folx.
When I went off to college at a small predominately Baptist university, it had a tradition of having a freshman welcoming event called The Watermelon Fest.
At first I was uncomfortable, but soon I realized hey these folx love watermelon and so do I--no big deal.