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re: Why is liking watermelon a racial stereotype?

Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:53 pm to
Posted by Mootsman
Charlotte, NC
Member since Oct 2012
6227 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:53 pm to
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Too much work and too messy for what I get from it.


You get a big knife, cut into quarters, then eat. Where is the work? You can also buy it pre sliced while you're shopping for your midol.
Posted by Roman Candle Tag
Member since Mar 2016
1548 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:59 pm to
Interesting article.
The train departs the rails only at the very end when the author tries to tie in Mike Brown.
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
34324 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:00 pm to
I honestly didn't know fried chicken, watermelon, and collard greens was a black stereotype until I went to LSU. I'm a country boy and that's just what we ate, and I still do.
Posted by JETigER
LSU 2011 National Champions
Member since Dec 2003
7081 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:03 pm to
I'm eating in front of a Mosque at high noon during Ramadan in this thread.
Posted by Roman Candle Tag
Member since Mar 2016
1548 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:05 pm to
Rest in piece.
Can I have your stuff?
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
66455 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:06 pm to
Whatever that watermelon drink is that the spanish people sell at lafayette farmers market is the greatest drink ever.

I like to add a splash of rum
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
70176 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:07 pm to
quote:

I love watermelon, fried chicken, turnip and collard greens, and corn bread.


do you like orange drink?
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
66455 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:22 pm to
quote:

do you like orange drink?


Fanta orange is good
Posted by TIGRLEE
Northeast Louisiana
Member since Nov 2009
31493 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:24 pm to
Bc people are stupid.


No black likes watermelon more my white arse.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
70176 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:25 pm to
quote:

Fanta orange is good


you my n---a!
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
66455 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:26 pm to
quote:

you my n---a!


Are you my Caucasian?
Posted by sugar71
NOLA
Member since Jun 2012
9967 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:28 pm to
quote:

I like watermelon = I'm white
I like chicken = I'm white





It's a Southern thing more than a Black thing.

Millions of Blacks migrated out of the South ( for better jobs/ avoid Jim Crow) & the silly stereotype got identified with Blacks & not Southerners.

Most all Southerners like both.
Posted by NOFOX
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2014
10128 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:31 pm to
quote:

I like watermelon = I'm white
I like chicken = I'm white



What's your thoughts on mayonnaise?
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:32 pm to
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I'm not a fan...It's one of those "not worth the payoff" foods for me.

Who hurt you?
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
66455 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:33 pm to
quote:

What's your thoughts on mayonnaise?




probably because fast food employees in the south are typically black and they think white people love mayo.

they put that shite on with a shovel
Posted by tigerskin
Member since Nov 2004
46959 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:33 pm to
Fried chicken is the one that makes zero sense. I still haven't met a white person that doesn't like good fried chicken.
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:34 pm to
quote:

Rouses has seedless watermelon cut up in plastic containers.


That's pretty sad.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
72709 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:35 pm to
I don't think it is.

I'm a white guy and I get unnecessarily excited for watermelon when it's hot outside.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
82331 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:05 pm to
quote:

It's a Southern thing more than a Black thing.

Millions of Blacks migrated out of the South ( for better jobs/ avoid Jim Crow) & the silly stereotype got identified with Blacks & not Southerners.

Most all Southerners like both.



This.

It's why the stereotype doesn't make sense to white Southerners.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
23344 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:10 pm to
IDK, I love me some watermelon and fried chicken.
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