Watermelons Were Used To Taunt Jackie Robinson (And Others)

When Jackie Robinson broke the race barrier in Major League Baseball, opposing fans often threw watermelon rinds at him. When Barack Obama was elected 44th president of the United States of America, there manipulated pictures of the White House, showing rows of watermelon crop in the place of its pristine lawns, popping up on the Internet.

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