California School Sorry For Offering Chicken And Watermelon For Black History Month!

At first, I thought it was a joke, and then came an apology. A school in northern California apologized for a Black History Month blunder - lunch menu that offended students and parents. (Chicken and Watermelon) – in case you don’t understand the offense in the said menu – try and Google Blacks/Chicken/Watermelon in US or just keep reading.

School administrators at Carondelet High School for Girls, a private Christian school in Concord, Calif., was reported last week that, they wanted to celebrate Black History Month during lunch by serving the students fried chicken, cornbread and watermelon, a local NBC affiliate reports. 

Parents and students expressed outrage at the stereotypical choice. the apology letter by the Principal - Nancy Libby read “I’d like to apologize for the announcement and any hurt this caused students, parents or community members,” she was also quoted that; “Please know that at no time at Carondelet do we wish to perpetrate racial stereotypes.”

Quick history lesson, In the early 20th Century, watermelon was used in minstrel shows that caricatured black people while Fried chicken is also seen to be stereotypically linked to African Americans.