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[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago

Iirc (don't quote me on this) during reconstruction after the Civil War many black Americans had little land (if any) and watermelon was an easy crop for limited land. Racist white people then associated the fruit with those they hate.

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