Watermelon stereotype
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watermelon-stereotype-203-8071340
title:
Watermelon stereotype
text:
The watermelon stereotype is an anti-Black racist trope originating in the Southern United States. It first arose as a backlash against African American emancipation and economic self-sufficiency in the late 1860s. After the American Civil War, in several areas of the south, former slaves grew watermelon on their own land as a cash crop to sell. Thus, for African Americans, watermelons were a symbol of liberation and self-reliance. But for many in the majority white culture watermelons embodied,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Racist stereotype of African American people
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype
date created:
2013-03-30T07:35:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T20:18:51Z
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