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[Vinca]

Mayor is criticized for White House watermelon patch e-mail
Businesswoman receives e-mail with image showing watermelon patch in front of White House.
By JAIMEE LYNN FLETCHER
The Orange County Register

LOS ALAMITOS - The mayor has sent an apology for an e-mail sent to a local businesswoman and community volunteer that she says is racist and offensive.

Keyanus Price, an African American, said she was appalled when she received an e-mail from Mayor Dean Grose's personal account that showed a picture of the White House with a watermelon patch imposed as the White House garden.

"I was horrified when I read that e-mail," Price said. "What I'm concerned about is how can this person send an e-mail out like this and think it is OK?"

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/mail-price-public-2317355-apology-people

(Sorry, I couldn't get the picture to appear - I'm technically challenged.)

[ZombieHorde]

1. I never understood this stereotype.

Most of the people I know enjoy watermelon. Where did this stereotype come from?

[Tempest]

2. It comes from when slaves were picking watermelons

Water wasn't made available to them in the fields so they ate the watermelons for the water content.

It's a stereotype about slaves.