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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Hey,I think we have a “holiday” to replace Kwanza!
Because somebody noticed Trump had a rally on that day.
Ironically, the slaves in Maryland were still very much in captivity.
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis had watermelon salad as thei Juneteenth special.
Unarguably one of the most leftist and woke operations in the city…
They said they even researched “African American” diets to be “authentic”
And they probably were right…
Would it be out of line for JCPenny to have a Joonteenf White Sale?
Lots of people who migrated from Texas to other places took it with them. Pockets of people wound up celebrating it all over.
I don’t have a problem with it. I think we need more holidays celebrating history in general. (I never liked them smashing Washington and Lincoln together into ‘Presidents Day’.)
“We should probably always have had some commemoration of this.”
A better celebration would be the day slavery was abolished from the United States Constitution. This was well after the destruction of the north’s economic and political rivals in the South.
I’ve lived and worked among Black people all my life. I’ve never known anybody to celebrate Kwanzaa. It’s a completely made-up ‘thing’, and something like that doesn’t catch on.
If corporations leadership had any brains they would stick to their business and be neutral on the social scene.
If shareholders had any sense they would demand it.
Neither has any sense.
The business of business is business, nothing more and nothing less. Everything else is up to individuals. The poverty pimps started some of this with their hands out.
Only White Liberals celebrate Kwanzaa.
get woke, go broke
I’ll be cooking red beans with pork necks, rice, greens, cornbread, topped off with watermelon. Not kidding, not sorry.
One of those placed narrative stories.
Pumped out all over the place.
did they offer free Crown Royal?
I think blacks are so self conscious about watermelon because it’s a traditional plantation food, which was certainly eaten by slaves. But, also that blacks know that they look ridiculous when eating it because there’s a stark color contrast. Kind of like when blacks wear copious amounts of white clothing, they look ridiculous.
Evidently no one ever realized just how illiterate “Juneteenth” sounds....
Sometimes ignoring an identity group that wants attention leads to less hostility from them than celebrating them.
Celtic bigots are the best bigots. *belches loudly*
We should put Juneteenth to use by pointing out that hundreds of thousands of people who look like us (whites) died for their freedom.
The whites you love to hate died for your freedom. You’re welcome!
Maybe with a background picture of Union dead soldiers.
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