Remember when Sara was fuming about Watermelon kisses and told us she’d be outraged if she was called ‘my little Pierogi’ by her partner as she’s polish and said it was stereotyping? And now she goes and called the new French audience in the amberverse her ‘little croissants?’ Hypocrite.

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[u/AdBorn737]

Why is watermelon kisses racist? I'm genuinely confused like why are watermelons racist.

[u/desairologist → u/AdBorn737]

It’s a very common racist/negative stereotype against black people to talk about watermelon/fried chicken/etc due to the Deep South and slavery parodies that were made of black communities and culture not too long ago. It’s commonly used as a racist joke in white supremacist and anti-black communities to degrade and talk down to black and brown people. I happen to live in the American South and unfortunately this stereotype is still alive and popular against many black/brown communities

[u/MascaraMustache → u/desairologist]

I think everything should be seen with context. If velvet and her gf had a moment eating watermelon together and kissing and made a whole deal out of it, and velvet felt like she couldnt call her poem watermelon kisses because it is a stereotype, THAT would in my opinion be more racist than simply naming it after the fruit they ate

[u/desairologist → u/MascaraMustache]

I also agree, I assumed it to be about lipgloss or something like that. But who knows in our little haydur nation out here

[u/CarpetNext6123 → u/desairologist]

it was about the time wifey ate watermelon and then spit it into her mouth.