The New York Times (NYT) is peddling racial stereotypes, recommending the celebration of “Juneteenth” — the new federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of African American slaves in Galveston, Texas in 1865 — by eating chicken and watermelon.
Juneteenth is a “day to share food, culture and identity with loved ones,” with “watermelon chow chow and oven-roasted chicken” being particularly well-suited to the occasion, according to the NYT.
This comes despite the paper arguing that serving Kool-Aid and Watermelon for Black History Month had “racial connotations,” in a piece from February 2018.
“Watermelons, especially, have been used for more than a century as a “symbol of black people’s perceived uncleanliness, laziness, childishness and unwanted public presence,” argued the Times just five years prior.
Juneteenth was recognized as an official federal holiday in June 2021 after President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. The Times is owned by a slave-owning family and once declared “negro suffrage” to be a “failure.”
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