Posted on 06/16/2022 10:19:47 AM PDT by Salman
Cherlisa Starks-Richardson was disappointed when she learned that the beloved children’s museum in her community was selling a “watermelon salad” in celebration of Juneteenth.
Starks-Richardson, who often took her daughter to the Indianapolis Children’s Museum growing up, said she expected the museum would be more focused on educating the public about Juneteenth – which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans – instead of serving themed foods. To make matters worse, she said, watermelon has historically been used as a racist trope against Black Americans.
“People were very offended by it,” said Starks-Richardson, an educator in the Indianapolis area. “Everybody is trying to capitalize off Juneteenth to make money. But we don’t need the food. I want education. I want people to understand the purpose of (Juneteenth).”
The Indianapolis Children’s Museum has since apologized and removed the salad from its food court. In a statement, the museum said it routinely relies on a food vendor to create “thematic menu items” and that the “inappropriate” name and label on the salad was not reviewed by museum staff.
Other organizations and major retailers are also receiving backlash for their attempts to monetize Juneteenth with new products since President Joe Biden signed a bill declaring it a national holiday last year.
From the Indianapolis Children’s Museum’s watermelon salad to Walmart’s swirled red velvet and cheesecake flavored ice cream to Dollar Tree’s Pan African-themed plates and napkins, inclusion experts say corporations are missing the mark with Juneteenth. By failing to provide any historical context with these items, the companies don’t appear to have considered how they could promote stereotypes or offend Black people, experts say.
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Proof that, at their core, all liberals/leftists are racist.
Rosenberg Anniversary? June 19, 1953? Sing Sing Prison.
So, I guess that the burning crosses they added to "provide context" didn't help any, either?
Regards,
it’s a stupid name and a stupid propaganda holiday
they should call it what it is, national hate whitey day
We should probably always have had some commemoration of this. (If we made it the day of the actual Proclamation, it would have been lost in New Year’s day.)
They have created another day to celebrate Kissing Black Ass
How many friggin’ holidays does 12% of the population need?
I LOVE watermelons, but became allergic to them later in life. Not just watermelons either. All melons. No cantaloupe or honeydew for me either. It makes me very sad, but it’s not worth it for me anymore. I think it must be how an alcoholic must feel. There is temptation, but I have to deal with it, and let it go.
All of them.
So you're White, huh?
Well, wouldn't you be offended if you had been invited to a predominately Black celebration, with chiefly Black attendants, and were offered Jell-O with mini-marshmallows and grapes floating in it? How about N. Dakota style potato salad?
(I jest!)
Regards,
That is a nice Children’s Museum.
Really enjoyed it, as a kid.
I’ve made this. It’s very good, but the watermelon doesn’t hold up long:
https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Watermelon-Salad-1263628?prm-v1
Watermelon salad is actually good. They shouldn’t complain
Texas has always had Juneteenth. It should stay here in Texas.
What holiday has not been overly commercialized? Losing the real meaning of a holiday is a sign of total acceptance into the mainstream culture.
“. . . freeing the last of the democrats slaves.”
Not quite.
The United States clung to slavery well after economic and political rivals in the CSA were destroyed.
Congress passed The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in June 2021...
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