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  • Is Watermelon Racist or Nah?

    Did you know the watermelon is from Africa? Or that it’s actually a berry? And that they’re delicious AF? Yet given its history via racist white America, the watermelon can be triggering for black folks. “I refuse to eat fried chicken or watermelon in front of white people,” my friend told me during one of…

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    Danielle Young

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  • I Was ‘Melon-Shamed.’ Don’t Let It Happen to You

    As a gastroenterologist, I attended a medical conference during the summer. The conference adhered to the typical medical-convention script—lectures during the day and dinner receptions in the evening. One night, I attended an informal dinner reception that had a spread of food of all different types. I was starving, so I was somewhat more interested…

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    Ed McDonald

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  • Detroit Firefighter Fired After Gifting Watermelon to Majority-Black Station

    One Detroit firefighter is out of a job after he decided to give a gift of a giant watermelon, all topped with a pink bow, as he introduced himself to who would have been his new colleagues at Engine 55. However, according to WJBK-TV, the gift did not go down well at the fire station,…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • An Ode to the Blackest Fruit of All Time

    I am not afraid of stereotypes. I know that many of them are rooted in racism and false perception, but I do not concern myself with that. I embrace them. They are funny to me. When a white man says, “Black people are lazy,” all I hear in my head is, “Watch me outwork this…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Restaurateur Learns What Happens When You Advertise Chicken and Waffles With Watermelon for MLK Day

    One Texas restaurant owner may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, and has now become the target of harsh backlash after posting a “special” for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday that reeked of just a teensy bit of racism and ignorance. According to WFAA, Sabrina Pyle, the owner of Azle Café in…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • GOP Candidate Who Offered KFC, Kool-Aid and Watermelons Arrested in Connection WIth Alleged Rental Scam 

    Jon Girodes, a Republican New York state Senate candidate who made headlines after apparently planning to offer Kool-Aid, KFC and watermelons at a campaign event in historically black Harlem, has been arrested in connection to an alleged rental scam, NBC 4 New York reports. Girodes, who is vying for the 30th Senatorial District seat in the…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • GOP Candidate's Black Outreach: Kool-Aid, Watermelon and KFC 

    As many of us politicos have come to know, the Grand Old Party is overflowing with stupid white men. In this campaign season, though, Donald J. Trump has been sucking up so much of the election coverage, the rest of those of that dumb-dumb-diddy demo have been overlooked. That’s why I am so grateful to…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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