I had some inkling of the association of blacks with fried chicken and watermelon, but I didn’t know it was that strong. Many years ago, when Tiger Woods first appeared on the golf scene and he won a tournament by huge margin, one of the other golfers was envious and caused a ruckus when he mentioned fried chicken and watermelon.
But I have a different story involving watermelon. About ten years ago, a group of us went on a grand tour of China. About half the group were Asian and the other half white. The tour covered all the major touristy sites, you know, Forbidden City, Tienanmen Square, Summer Palace, Great Wall, terracotta warriors, Beijing, Dalian, Chengdu, Shanghai, etc., etc. At practically every meal we were served watermelon for dessert! Near the end of the trip, we were like, “What’s up with that?”