[I_be_tc]

This is so confusing to me. Maybe because I grew up in a VERY diverse neighborhood. (The only family of blonds for many blocks.) But, I do not understand why fried chicken and watermelon are off limits to “African Americans”. I just don’t get it. We grew up on fried chicken and my favorite fruit was definitely watermelon when we could afford it.

So, what is the offense??? Did Blacks create this dish or did watermelon come from African? Or is there some kind of taboo that I don’t know about? I never had this issue in our neighborhood. If I asked a friend if they wanted to come over for chicken dinner, I did not have my mouth washed out. Again, probably the blond hair causing my lack of sense about this issue.

[Red Badger]

It goes back, WAAAAAAAYYYYYY back to nearly the Civil War. Black people were used in ads for watermelons and fried chicken, in a very UN-PC manner, right on up to the Civil Rights era.

These are but two of a sample.................