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How are watermelons racist, doesn't everyone enjoy watermelons, Second we have the short story of DeeDee Chandler the man who gave birth to the modern Drum set.Audio Onemichistory.comPlease support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2mhttps://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/popular-and-pervasive-stereotypes-african-americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/13/opinion/fried-chicken-watermelon-origins-racist-food-stereotypes/https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-winter-spring-2015-the-birth-of-the-drum-set/article/smithsonianBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/one-mic-black-history--4557850/support.
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