Indianapolis Museum Called out for Selling ‘Juneteenth Watermelon Salad’

The Indianapolis Kids’s Museum is in sizzling water after serving up a racially insensitive dish … particularly to commemorate Juneteenth.

Sure, that pic reveals the watermelon salad being bought within the museum cafeteria, and so they’re not even delicate in regards to the racism, because the label reads … “Juneteenth Watermelon Salad.”

One ticked-off patron’s response to the surprising menu merchandise was, “No joke!!!”

A rep for the museum is defending the salad, saying its meals service companions “deliberate a Juneteenth menu as a means for us to lift consciousness of the vacation’s which means, and commemorate their very own household traditions.”

Whereas that makes it sound just like the meals service firm is Black-owned, we’ve not been in a position to affirm that but.

The rep additionally says “Crimson meals have traditionally been served by some to recollect the blood that was shed alongside the way in which to freedom.” We have by no means heard that one earlier than, however okay.

They did supply a mea culpa although, saying, “The museum apologizes and acknowledges the damaging influence that stereotypes have on communities of shade. We have now eliminated the salad from our menu. We worth {our relationships} with all of our guests and communities. We have now realized from this expertise.”

The museum — which is throwing a “Juneteenth Jamboree” — accurately states on its web site that Juneteenth is a vacation commemorating the top of slavery within the U.S., and can be known as Emancipation Day or Juneteenth Independence Day.