Dan Rather Makes 'Watermelon' Quip

So, Republican race rules...

1) Never describe a black person as light skinned.
2) Never mention the word "dialect"
3) Never mention the word watermelon if a black person is in the room..

Anymore I should know about?
 
Jarod said:
Ive heard it, I just have never understood why it was an insult.
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Fair enough, me neither. I just googled it to try and find its origins and there doesn't seem to be one specific consistent story attributed to it.
 
NigelTufnel said:
I realize that there is a stereotype that black people like to eat watermelon but I didn't think that meant it is inappropriate to use the word watermelon at all when talking about black people.

I don't see how saying that a black person couldn't sell watermelons with assistance from the highway patrol has anything to do with the stereotype that black people enjoy eating watermelon.
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It would be more clear to you if a republican had said it.
 
Jarod said:
So, Republican race rules...

1) Never describe a black person as light skinned.
2) Never mention the word "dialect"
3) Never mention the word watermelon if a black person is in the room..

Anymore I should know about?
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Now you're just being ignorant. Go ask your black clients if they want watermellon and fried chicked and see the response you get.
 
AssHatZombie said:
It would be more clear to you if a republican had said it.
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Not really. I'm not particularly a fan of Dan Rather, I just don't see what he said as invoking the stereotype of black people having an innate fondness for watermelon.

I mean, if he said that Obama couldn't sell a cart of watermelons to a bus load of hungry black folk I would agree with you but what he said was just stupid and nonsensical, not racist.
 
cawacko said:
Now you're just being ignorant. Go ask your black clients if they want watermellon and fried chicked and see the response you get.
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A. Thats not what Rather said.
B. Even if Rather were making a racist comment, its what I would expect from the corporate conservative media!
 
Jarod said:
So, Republican race rules...

1) Never describe a black person as light skinned.
2) Never mention the word "dialect"
3) Never mention the word watermelon if a black person is in the room..

Anymore I should know about?
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What goes around comes along pal. You have to ask yourself what Al Sharpton would say if a Republican said any of these things. Any rise from the Reverend must now become law for Democrats as well.
 
cawacko said:
Now you're just being ignorant. Go ask your black clients if they want watermellon and fried chicked and see the response you get.
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After you recover, tell a black client that he or she couldn't sell watermelon with the highway patrol flagging traffic and see the response you get.
 
Southern Man said:
What goes around comes along pal. You have to ask yourself what Al Sharpton would say if a Republican said any of these things. Any rise from the Reverend must now become law for Democrats as well.
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So now you are putting words in Sharpton's mouth?
 
NigelTufnel said:
After you recover, tell a black client that he or she couldn't sell watermelon with the highway patrol flagging traffic and see the response you get.
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I suspect Id get a quizical look and a "What does that mean?"
 
NigelTufnel said:
After you recover, tell a black client that he or she couldn't sell watermelon with the highway patrol flagging traffic and see the response you get.
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I actually don't have a problem with what Rather said. Jarod asked about black people and watermellon.
 
Southern Man said:
Do you really want me to provide documentation or will you simply run away now and re-start the conversation somewhere else?
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Sure show me where another republican, not Dan Rather, made comments about Watermelon and state troopers...
 
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