Here's an article on the history of the derogatory association of watermelon with an irrationally negative view of African-Americans:
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/
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Here's an article on the history of the derogatory association of watermelon with an irrationally negative view of African-Americans:
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/
Here's an article on the history of the derogatory association of watermelon with African-Americans:
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/