<p><a href=“http://www.agmrc.org/media/cms/WatermelonFactors_EFA697100FE6D.pdf”>http://www.agmrc.org/media/cms/WatermelonFactors_EFA697100FE6D.pdf</a> indicates that white and black people in the US consume watermelon at similar rates. Latino people consume watermelon at somewhat higher rates, while Asian people consume watermelon at about three times the rate of white and black people. However, this is based on data from a while ago.</p>
<p>It would not be the first time that an insulting ethnic stereotype was based or maintained on incorrect assumptions.</p>