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http://www.ibtimes.com/are-watermelon-oreos-racist-twitter-accuses-new-nabisco-cookie-being-racist-1313205

After a really rough day, I read this. I no longer have any faith in humanity.

I love watermelons and I'm white.

TIL everything that is watermelon flavored is also racist.

I found a picture of one racist with it's white hood removed:

Is it cause the biscuit parts are black and people have apparently nothing better to do are absolutely fethtarded?

Watermelon flavoured oreos exist? Well I know what I'm getting tomorrow.

Well, I'm confused... what about watermelon is racist, exactly? The twitter comments posted in the article mention it as if it should be self-evident. Is this some obscure american thing?

So help me if they get the pulled before I can eat them I'm gonna have to kill someone. I loves me some artificial watermelon flavored treats. Was just sitting here eating some Mike n Ike Red Rageous and thinking that the watermelon ones were the best in the box.

P.S. Totally not black.

 insaniak wrote:
Well, I'm confused... what about watermelon is racist, exactly? The twitter comments posted in the article mention it as if it should be self-evident. Is this some obscure american thing?

It's a racist stereotype that black people love watermelon, but yeah it's weird one too.

 insaniak wrote:
Well, I'm confused... what about watermelon is racist, exactly? The twitter comments posted in the article mention it as if it should be self-evident. Is this some obscure american thing?

The racist stereotype is the African-Americans "love them some fried chicken and watermelon".
Thus they think releasing these biscuits is some sort of racist joke about them. Clearly like most cases it's reflecting more on the person making the comment than the actual thing the comment is made about.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 insaniak wrote:
Well, I'm confused... what about watermelon is racist, exactly? The twitter comments posted in the article mention it as if it should be self-evident. Is this some obscure american thing?

It's a racist stereotype that black people love watermelon, but yeah it's weird one too.

Watermelon and fried chicken are the two big "racist" charactures of the african-american diet. Outside of America, all this drama probably makes no sense whatsoever.

 insaniak wrote:
Is this some obscure american thing?

To expand upon what others have posted, I provide this article. It's not especially obscure here.


How this somehow came to mean everything watermelon is somehow racist, well, we're all in the dark together on this one.

Where did these two stereo types originate? It seems they have just popped up just barely.

I didn't realize black people loved Oreos so much...

Seriously?

 poppa G wrote:
Where did these two stereo types originate? It seems they have just popped up just barely.

Most likely from most slaves working in agriculture and chicken being cheaper than other types of meat. Really, it doesn't make a lot of sense chicken is a staple food for most people as well, but this kind of racism rarely makes that much sense anyway.

Watermelons also came from the picaninny from minstrel shows. Big lips and big fruit seemed a perfect match.

So, is it these idiots' conclusion that any fried chicken or watermelon is a racist thing?

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
Watermelons also came from the picaninny from minstrel shows.

Ah yes, good catch. I forget about those often.

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
So, is it these idiots' conclusion that any fried chicken or watermelon is a racist thing?

Seems to be.

I have no idea why anyone would want an Oreo flavoured like watermelon, but if some food scientist could invent an Oreo that tasted like fried chicken I would give him all my money.

 sebster wrote:
I have no idea why anyone would want an Oreo flavoured like watermelon,

I don't understand how people could want Oreos in the first place. They are gross. The cream is all foul tasting and the biscuit part tastes like cardboard

but if some food scientist could invent an Oreo that tasted like fried chicken I would give him all my money.

I wouldnt say no to some fried chicken biscuits.

 Snrub wrote:

 sebster wrote:
I have no idea why anyone would want an Oreo flavoured like watermelon,

I don't understand how people could want Oreos in the first place. They are gross. The cream is all foul tasting and the biscuit part tastes like cardboard

But don't your people love that sand dust syrup called Vegimite? I have to imagine that destroys any sense of good taste.

 Ahtman wrote:

 poppa G wrote:
Where did these two stereo types originate? It seems they have just popped up just barely.

Most likely from most slaves working in agriculture and chicken being cheaper than other types of meat. Really, it doesn't make a lot of sense chicken is a staple food for most people as well, but this kind of racism rarely makes that much sense anyway.

Spoiler:

Nice clip man.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Snrub wrote:

 sebster wrote:
I have no idea why anyone would want an Oreo flavoured like watermelon,

I don't understand how people could want Oreos in the first place. They are gross. The cream is all foul tasting and the biscuit part tastes like cardboard

But don't your people love that sand dust syrup called Vegimite? I have to imagine that destroys any sense of good taste.

Vegemite is weak-sauce compared to the proper stuff.

Marmite FTW!

 Ahtman wrote:

 Snrub wrote:

 sebster wrote:
I have no idea why anyone would want an Oreo flavoured like watermelon,

I don't understand how people could want Oreos in the first place. They are gross. The cream is all foul tasting and the biscuit part tastes like cardboard

But don't your people love that sand dust syrup called Vegimite? I have to imagine that destroys any sense of good taste.

Sand and dust syrup? It's salt and oil my friend, and the part of the breakfast of champions (vegi on weetbix, the adds lie, milk is for the weak).

Isn't cornbread another of those 'racist foods'?

Ahtman wrote:But don't your people love that sand dust syrup called Vegimite? I have to imagine that destroys any sense of good taste.

Made from yeast extract left over from beer production... I believe that beats your cardboard bicky.

Tibbsy wrote:Vegemite is weak-sauce compared to the proper stuff.

Marmite FTW!

They only thing you Brits have done right in the last 200 years was A)Send us here, and B) HP sauce.

 Snrub wrote:
understand how people could want Oreos in the first place. They are gross. The cream is all foul tasting and the biscuit part tastes like cardboard

You've probably had the Oreos you can get now, the ones without the hydrogenated fat in them. They made them take it out because it killed you faster than heroin. But it also made them taste awesome.

Yeah, the ones that are out there now I wouldn't bother with, but man those old oreos were awesome.


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 Ahtman wrote:
But don't your people love that sand dust syrup called Vegimite? I have to imagine that destroys any sense of good taste.

I have absolutely no idea how or why my fellow Australians got conned in to eating that stuff.

My wife used to eat it, and when she went to buy a replacement jar I annoyed her until she bought Nutella instead. She's replaced that Nutella jar about 3 times now, and never gone back to Vegemite. She seems a happier person now.

Yeah, conning people into believing that vegemite is edible was one of the great business success stories of the modern age.

Tibbsy wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:

 Snrub wrote:

 sebster wrote:
I have no idea why anyone would want an Oreo flavoured like watermelon,

I don't understand how people could want Oreos in the first place. They are gross. The cream is all foul tasting and the biscuit part tastes like cardboard

But don't your people love that sand dust syrup called Vegimite? I have to imagine that destroys any sense of good taste.

Vegemite is weak-sauce compared to the proper stuff.

Marmite FTW!

Exactly, when NZs marmite factory was knocked out of operation 2 years ago there was a huge supermarket rush for it. Then it ran out and it was all over the news (even I admit that was a bit funny), its only just come back in the last few months and the first batch sold out in a few hours.

Anyway, back to the OP, from my point of view it seems a rather small thing to get so worked up over. But then thats probably because I'm some white guy from NZ, if I was to be a person in a situation where I genuinely feel slighted by watermelon oreos then I'd probably express my annoyance as well. Its hard for someone like me to say hey, its got no racial intent behind it, and then expect them to accept that when they probably view me as part of the collective who made that stereotype.

Well good grief, I must be black and never knew it, because I love me some watermelon and fried chicken.

Silly story is silly.

 Ahtman wrote:

 poppa G wrote:
Where did these two stereo types originate? It seems they have just popped up just barely.

Most likely from most slaves working in agriculture and chicken being cheaper than other types of meat. Really, it doesn't make a lot of sense chicken is a staple food for most people as well, but this kind of racism rarely makes that much sense anyway.

Watermelons grow well in the south, and have comparatively large amounts of water sequestered in them, making them not only a source of food, but also easily portable potable water. The climate in the south requires you to stay hydrated or basically die if you're particularly active in the summer. Watermelon, grown on the edges of fields, was thus a staple of any menial laborer's diet when working in the summer. This was copied by minstrel shows, and has persisted as a stereotype primarily through people getting offended about watermelons, which leads to the history being dragged up again.

Fried chicken maintains its flavor and consistency longer than other manners of preparing chicken, making it an ideal food for reconstruction-era blacks when meeting in town (the establishments in town tending to refuse service to them), as it could be prepared and transported without degrading in quality. Again, copied by minstrel shows, and persisting mainly because people get offended and dredge it up.

 sebster wrote:
You've probably had the Oreos you can get now, the ones without the hydrogenated fat in them. They made them take it out because it killed you faster than heroin. But it also made them taste awesome.

Yeah, the ones that are out there now I wouldn't bother with, but man those old oreos were awesome.

I used to love Oreos when I was a kid, but not as much now. Both then and now though I'd scrape off the icing and just eat the cookie part usually, the icing is just kinda gross.

I have to imagine adding watermelon flavor to that wouldn't change anything.

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:
Watermelons grow well in the south, and have comparatively large amounts of water sequestered in them, making them not only a source of food, but also easily portable potable water. The climate in the south requires you to stay hydrated or basically die if you're particularly active in the summer. Watermelon, grown on the edges of fields, was thus a staple of any menial laborer's diet when working in the summer. This was copied by minstrel shows, and has persisted as a stereotype primarily through people getting offended about watermelons, which leads to the history being dragged up again.

Fried chicken maintains its flavor and consistency longer than other manners of preparing chicken, making it an ideal food for reconstruction-era blacks when meeting in town (the establishments in town tending to refuse service to them), as it could be prepared and transported without degrading in quality. Again, copied by minstrel shows, and persisting mainly because people get offended and dredge it up.

An interesting history lesson. Ya learn something new everyday.