@ibstubro Ok, then nix the watermellon. I’m fine with that.
Most of the objection to a menu like this I perceive as PC people trying to say black people eat a variety of food and stereotyping black people as eating only very specific foods is racist. When I say objection, I mean objection at large, not fluther objection. But, a menu like that is not saying American blacks only eat that food, it is food with historical significance. If the watermellon is racist to anyone and everyone then they should take it off the menu.
Funny, I remember talking to someone about the lack of good ethnic food in the Memphis area and a friend of mine said southerners tend to take pride in their southerness, not the country their families came from, and the food reflects it.
If they served potato latkes on Chanukah I doubt anyone would object. However, if a lot of black people are very offended by the menu I think we should not do it. We have to trust that the minority the,selves know when something is offensive to them. They can serve fried chicken and greens in May or November when people won’t associate it with racism.