When I wrote the post "The Only Black Man on the Planet," I wrote two lines that several people seemed to think made me a racist.
"Then, he laughed and said he was allergic to watermelon to which I gasped. He said, "Yes. I am the only black man on the planet who is allergic to watermelon." Funny guy!"
This was the only thing written in the post!
I was falsely accused of calling people names. No, I never called anyone a name. If so, where? The post:
"Only Black Man on the Planet..." Read Kylie's comment and mine to her.
Kylie made a comment that she took a black man/white woman family fried chicken and a watermelon. I cringed. But, she was innocent because she is in Australia. The black man was from the US.
For my readers from other continents and maybe some northerners, it is a racist idea that Blacks are inordinately in love with fried chicken and watermelon. The watermelon has been used to ridicule Blacks since Reconstruction. Reconstruction started after the Civil War. Quite frankly, I think everyone in the South of the US loves fried chicken and watermelon. I do. However, for my health's sake, I don't eat the amount of fried chicken I would like to eat.
Instead of putting 40 Links here, I will give you a link to a webpage full of links, all respected sites. Learn the truth if you do not know it. And, the next time you accuse someone, have a good reason, proof.
LINKS TO RACISM AND WATERMELON
Black Woman Fears Eating Watermelon
Fried Chicken and Watermelon video
Before, when I looked up images, I found a site with page after page of watermelon images, blacks eating or with watermelon. Images I could not find the original page I found.
Are you aware of this trope? And, where are you or from originally, the place you would have learned or not learned about this racist trope?
