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Football Coach Fired Because Eating Watermelon Is Racist
National Review ^
| October 23, 2014
| Katherine Timpf
Posted on 10/23/2014 1:10:47 PM PDT by Steelfish
OCTOBER 22, 2014 Football Coach Fired Because Eating Watermelon Is Racist Parents from other schools felt smashing a watermelon and eating it after games was inappropriate. By Katherine Timpf
A winning high-school football coach was fired after the team’s tradition of eating watermelon after games was deemed “inappropriate” and “racist.”
Bud Walpole had been coaching Academic Magnet Raptors football team, and was in the middle of a very successful season, according to CBS Charlotte.
A current Raptors player said the tradition began when players bought watermelons from a man who had been selling them on their route to the game. If they won the game, the team decided, they would eat the watermelon. After they did win, they smashed the watermelon on the ground and then ate it. (The team had to smash their victory fruit because they, understandably, did not have a knife on the sidelines.)
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: feelings; hurtful; inappropriate; insensitive; offended; racist; uncomfortable; watermelon
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To: gunsequalfreedom
Eating fried chicken and watermelon.
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posted on
10/23/2014 2:15:01 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: BunnySlippers
Don’t forget the collard greens.
82
posted on
10/23/2014 2:15:40 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: Steelfish
The main thing I get from this is, again, these nimrods are not qualified to be educating kids.
Letting these people anywhere near your kids is child abuse. They prove it every day.
83
posted on
10/23/2014 2:16:01 PM PDT
by
marron
To: mylife
84
posted on
10/23/2014 2:18:11 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Why hello, Captain Trips.)
To: Steelfish
From the calender on the district's website: Friday august 2nd 2013
“Watermelon Day– Read Lunch by Denise Fleming and if you are hungry eat some watermelon.”
Fire the superintendent, not only is she stupid, she promoted a district wide racist activity.
85
posted on
10/23/2014 2:21:06 PM PDT
by
fungoking
(Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
To: Steelfish
86
posted on
10/23/2014 2:22:39 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Hospice in place and await further instructions.)
To: Steelfish
Wonder how many of the players are black?
87
posted on
10/23/2014 2:23:21 PM PDT
by
animal172
(Calling Thomas Jefferson)
To: Steelfish
Fried Chicken is next on the list...Fried Chicken is Racist! And Possum Belly!
FU you racist Zero’s!
88
posted on
10/23/2014 2:24:43 PM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
To: Steelfish
This ‘thin’ skinned crybaby crap is so damn stupid.
89
posted on
10/23/2014 2:26:15 PM PDT
by
Gator113
( Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Mike Lee speak for me, most everyone else is just noise.)
To: dfwgator
Quick, somebody give Will Muschamp a watermelon.LOL! Patience. Muschamp will be gone by December 1st.
90
posted on
10/23/2014 2:30:47 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Delta Dawn
91
posted on
10/23/2014 2:31:13 PM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: Rummyfan
I’m not so sure with Foley.
92
posted on
10/23/2014 2:35:15 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: dfwgator
That blowout at home against Mizzou sealed his fate. A loss to Georgia next week may hasten things.
93
posted on
10/23/2014 2:37:45 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Delta Dawn
yer’ not getting off that easy...Hoke is probably in the running to replace him...Hoke? He'll be lucky to stay in the BCS. Maybe as a coordinator.
94
posted on
10/23/2014 2:42:05 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Rummyfan
The loss to Georgia Southern should have sealed his fate.
95
posted on
10/23/2014 2:42:06 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: Rummyfan
Some speculation the UF would go after RichRod.
96
posted on
10/23/2014 2:42:35 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: Steelfish
97
posted on
10/23/2014 2:47:26 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: dfwgator
RichRod is a very good coach. Don’t know what happened at Michigan but look at what he has done at Arizona and before that at WVU.
98
posted on
10/23/2014 2:51:25 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Rummyfan; dfwgator
Just pokin’ dfwgator a bit there, Rummyfan...
99
posted on
10/23/2014 2:56:02 PM PDT
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: Steelfish
Pancakes or Waffles is then too
100
posted on
10/23/2014 3:07:17 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(<Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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