Today is National Watermelon Day and to honor this auspicious but totally made-up event, the Times of London tweeted out this image of a white woman holding up a piece of watermelon so it looks like the black woman in the picture is wearing the fruit as a dress:
If you don't fancy eating watermelon today, you could always try wearing one instead? ? #NationalWatermelonDay https://t.co/oBBIWevtX7 pic.twitter.com/cJn7pT93xF
— The Times (@thetimes) August 3, 2017
“This won’t end well” is an understatement if we’ve ever heard one:
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/893123720793001984
Yeah let's give the BLACK GIRL the watermelon dress on #NationalWatermelonDay https://t.co/95wwRUc3wf
— Taylor (@_aambush) August 3, 2017
This tweet is riddled with problematic. Prepare for the shitstorm.
— William Belcher (@EdB_Ohio) August 3, 2017
Screencapped for posterity:
According to the article, the watermelon dress is actually some sort of Instagram thing where people pose in front of pieces of watermelon with the tag #WatermelonDress:
And apparently watermelon shorts, too:
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