After the American Civil War, in several areas of the South, formerly enslaved individuals grew watermelon on their own land as a cash crop to sell. Thus, for African Americans, watermelons were a symbol of liberation and self-reliance. However, for many in the majority white culture, watermelons embodied and threatened a loss of dominance. Southern White resentment against African Americans led to a politically potent cultural caricature, using the watermelon to disparage African Americans as childish and unclean, among other negative attributes
Fragile white people getting mad at their fellow poors instead of the rich assholes keeping them all in the dirt.
“WHO SAID WATERMELON”?
George Washington Watermelon Columbus Brown
Ise black as any little coon in town.
At eating melon I can put a pig to shame.
For Watermelon am my middle name.
I never understood the black people watermelon and fried chicken racist stereotype.
Everyone likes those things. Everyone. What’s next, calling them water drinking air breathers?!
And obligatory, fuck nazis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype
Fragile white people getting mad at their fellow poors instead of the rich assholes keeping them all in the dirt.
Oh, TIL, thank you.
Fuck these people. Pathetic.
I’m so tired of every thing being stolen from the black community and deformed into something gross.
And funny thing, a fuckton of white music now is based on the blues.
I’m gonna come out and say watermelon is not my favorite. I’ll eat it, but it’s meh. Fried chicken tho? That was a gift from the gods.
I hate watermelon, we exist
Found the racist!
(just being silly. More for me, for one :) )