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How Did Watermelons Become Racist?

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How are watermelons racist, doesn't everyone enjoy watermelons, Second we have the short story of DeeDee Chandler the man who gave birth to the modern Drum set.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/popular-and-pervasive-stereotypes-african-americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/13/opinion/fried-chicken-watermelon-origins-racist-food-stereotypes/
https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-winter-spring-2015-the-birth-of-the-drum-set/article/smithsonian

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