Watermelon

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

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🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Why do some of us feel shame about the foods we eat? We ask people how they feel about eating foods that are used to stereotype Black people, and unpack the history behind some of this food shaming. From choosing what to drink on a flight, to a watermelon eating contest- we’re trying to get to the root of this with American Studies professor, Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson, Anthropologist Dr. Gail Myers, and award-winning chef Bryant Terry.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, very shortly we'll be ready for departure, so all you mobile phones,
0:05.4	the electronic devices should be switched off. This makes your seatbelt is not fast and
0:09.4	I do make yourself comfortable, thank you.
0:11.2	Flight is a gentleman, please fasten your seat belts, we are ready for takeoff.
0:16.6	Hanna, I'm remembering something that recently happened.
0:20.6	Welcome to Flight 203 with service to San Francisco. We hope you enjoy your flight.
0:27.3	Okay, I've been running around all morning.
0:30.2	Trying to catch this flight, I was hungry, I was thirsty, the flight was packed.
0:36.4	Try man, would you like some water, pretzels, snacks?
0:40.2	I just couldn't stop thinking about taking a sip of something cold and refreshing.
0:45.3	My tongue was dry, my body dehydrated.
0:48.9	I know the feeling on those flights is a dry, dry situation.
0:54.2	Yes, and so when the flight attendant arrived, she asked,
0:57.7	Hi man, would you like some water?
0:59.9	Yes, I said, still sparkling.
1:03.3	Sparkling, please.
1:04.7	Regular, our watermelon.
1:09.0	Why did she say that so loud?
1:10.9	Why in front of all these people, why does she have everyone looking at me?
1:15.0	I can see them all looking, waiting, smirking, knowing what I'm going to order.
1:20.8	There aren't that many black people on this flight.
1:23.2	They know what they're doing.
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