I may be racist

[txrandom]

I got home from college today to spend a couple weeks in my hometown. My Dad was across the street helping our neighbors set some sort of "tent" thing up. The family had some relatives in and were barbecuing and hanging out by the pool. When I got there, my neighbor walks out with a piece of watermelon, and I responded "Mmm, you got some watermelon!" The wife offered me a piece, and I got me a piece.

Later on, I realized what I said and hoped I didn't come off as racist. The neighbor family is black by the way.

 

[Leros]

He had some watermelon. You said so. Big deal.

 

[Narse]

So only black people like watermelon now?

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: Narse
So only black people like watermelon now?

Black people stereotypically love watermelon, but no such stereotypes exist for whites.

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Narse
So only black people like watermelon now?

Black people stereotypically love watermelon, but no such stereotypes exist for whites.

I wasn't aware of this stereotype...

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Narse
So only black people like watermelon now?

Black people stereotypically love watermelon, but no such stereotypes exist for whites.

I wasn't aware of this stereotype...

What about chicken?

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Narse
So only black people like watermelon now?

Black people stereotypically love watermelon, but no such stereotypes exist for whites.

I wasn't aware of this stereotype...

What about chicken?

There is an inordinately large number of Black people going through the drive though at the Hartz chicken place in Humbe so I would say it may just be true.

 

[blurredvision]

Watermelon, fried chicken, grape soda....

 

[Baked]

Only if you asked about fried chicken.

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Narse
So only black people like watermelon now?

Black people stereotypically love watermelon, but no such stereotypes exist for whites.

I wasn't aware of this stereotype...

What about chicken?

There is an inordinately large number of Black people going through the drive though at the Hartz chicken place in Humbe so I would say it may just be true.

I'm polish white and I love chicken!

 

[Narse]

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Narse
So only black people like watermelon now?

Black people stereotypically love watermelon, but no such stereotypes exist for whites.

I wasn't aware of this stereotype...

Glad I was not the only one, and I grew up in the south! All kids loved watermelon, blacks, whites etc.

 

[destrekor]

I've always wondered about that stereotype. I have yet to meet a black person who doesn't love watermelon. It's just fascinating. :laugh: I see nothing racist about it. I just laugh that it's the one stereotype (of any race, well besides asians and rice, but is that a stereotype or just now accepted fact? lol) that I have thus far seen go unbroken.

Originally posted by: Narse

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Narse
So only black people like watermelon now?

Black people stereotypically love watermelon, but no such stereotypes exist for whites.

I wasn't aware of this stereotype...

Glad I was not the only one, and I grew up in the south! All kids loved watermelon, blacks, whites etc.

What is it about the south that makes watermelon so popular? It is definitely something I've seen more in Southern folk, regardless of race.

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[ObiDon]

t-bone steak, cheese, eggs, and welch's grape!

 

[biggestmuff]

That's not racist, dingus.

 

[buck]

Op, are you in middle school? If so this is normal for you to act like this.

 

[MovingTarget]

It may be because it grows rather well down South. The town I lived in for a while, Grand Bay, used to be known for its watermelon crops. They even had a festival for them every year coinciding with Independence Day. The climate is warm/humid/moist most of the year, and the semi-sandy soil type is perfect for growing them.

Besides, with the kind of summers we have, a watermelon really does a lot to help on the worst of those days...

 

[ObiDon]

as long as it wasn't "Mmm, you got some waaaaaaatermelon!" you're probably okay

 

[seemingly random]

You may or may not be. Do you always assume that:

- the inhabitants of trailer parks are white trash?
- people coming out of a church service are good?
- everybody on a computer bulletin board is a geek?

You might just be an unthinking stereotyper. Or a wannabe profiler - maybe the fbi would be a good fit.

 

[bleeb]

It's SO racist that they should change your ATOT status to "Official Racist"

 

[Narse]

Originally posted by: destrekor
I've always wondered about that stereotype. I have yet to meet a black person who doesn't love watermelon. It's just fascinating. :laugh: I see nothing racist about it. I just laugh that it's the one stereotype (of any race, well besides asians and rice, but is that a stereotype or just now accepted fact? lol) that I have thus far seen go unbroken.

Originally posted by: Narse

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Narse
So only black people like watermelon now?

Black people stereotypically love watermelon, but no such stereotypes exist for whites.

I wasn't aware of this stereotype...

Glad I was not the only one, and I grew up in the south! All kids loved watermelon, blacks, whites etc.

What is it about the south that makes watermelon so popular? It is definitely something I've seen more in Southern folk, regardless of race.

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I agree I do think it's much more of a southern thing and not of race at all. We grew it in TN, and GA. I live in FL now and it's not nearly as popular here, but it is not grown here in FL, soil is not right.

To make it even odder, according to here it's grown mostly in the north in the states.

 

[Leros]

Speaking of racial stereotypes. I have never seen a non-black person buy those jugs of red drink.

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: Narse
To make it even odder, according to here it's grown mostly in the north in the states.

Next time I see someone eating watermelon, I'm going to think "bet they're egyptian".

 

[Alistar7]

Originally posted by: txrandom
I got home from college today to spend a couple weeks in my hometown. My Dad was across the street helping our neighbors set some sort of "tent" thing up. The family had some relatives in and were barbecuing and hanging out by the pool. When I got there, my neighbor walks out with a piece of watermelon, and I responded "Mmm, you got some watermelon!" The wife offered me a piece, and I got me a piece.

Later on, I realized what I said and hoped I didn't come off as racist. The neighbor family is black by the way.

What you said just makes me think you like watermelon, apparently the wife took it the same way.

It would have been different if you had said, "hot damn I should have known you porch monkeys would have some watermelon, gimme some you big lipped, nappy headed hoe".
Definitely a bigoted statement but not racist, there is a difference.

You do realize that all humans trace their genetic history to the continent of Africa? We have just muddled our lineage by mixing while they have remained mostly pure. The greatest genetic diversity, and potential for the human race, resides in Africa.

 

[clamum]

Facts about black people:

They can't swim
They like: fried chicken, watermelon, Little Hug juice drinks

 

[Narse]

Originally posted by: clamum
Facts about black people:

They can't swim
They like: fried chicken, watermelon, Little Hug juice drinks

I had to google little hug. I have seen those "juice barrels" before but I had never heard them by little hug.