Indianapolis Museum Referred to as out for Promoting ‘Juneteenth Watermelon Salad’

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

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

One ticked-off patron’s response to the stunning 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 method for us to boost consciousness of the vacation’s that 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 best way to freedom.” We have by no means heard that one earlier than, however okay.

They did provide a mea culpa although, saying, “The museum apologizes and acknowledges the destructive affect that stereotypes have on communities of shade. We’ve eliminated the salad from our menu. We worth {our relationships} with all of our guests and communities. We’ve discovered from this expertise.”

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