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Omarion Faces Backlash For Eating Watermelon On Stage During Verzuz
Omarion & His Brother O’Ryan Criticized For Eating Watermelon On Stage During Verzuz Battle
R&B singer Omarion is being heavily criticized across social media, for going on stage and eating watermelon in front of fans.
During the very unflattering Verzuz performance, Omarion and his brother Oryan took the stage and began eating the red fruit, as the ladies in the crowd looked on.
Many of the onlookers seemed stunned by the imagery. As you can imagine, Black Twitter is in an uproar, and are asking for Omarion to be cancelled. Watch the viral video below:
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The watermelon stereotype is a racist and vile one, started by White supremacists in the United States. According to the stereotype, African Americans have an unusually great appetite for watermelons. This stereotype has remained prevalent into the 21st century.
The first published caricature of Black people reveling in watermelon is believed to have appeared in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper in 1869. Defenders of slavery used it to portray African Americans as a simple-minded people who were happy when provided with watermelon and a little rest.
The slaves’ enjoyment of watermelon was also seen by the Southern people as a sign of their own supposed benevolence. The stereotype was perpetuated in minstrel shows often depicting African Americans as ignorant and lazy, given to song and dance and inordinately fond of watermelon.
For several decades in the late nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, the stereotype was promoted through caricatures in print, film, sculpture and music, and was a common decorative theme on household goods.
See some reactions on Twitter below;
I don’t know what I expected, but I know it wasn’t Omarion sexually assaulting a watermelon in front of his brother. And PH balance?! Is he ok? #Verzuz
— hateration in the dancery stan (@MissMarthaEva) June 24, 2022
Omarion and O’Ryan are too fine to be acting so stupid. What was that watermelon business all about? Embarrassing.
— Eveye (@_iamivie) June 24, 2022
@EBROINTHEAM Omarion was making out with a watermelon on stage. It was a disaster
— Reynos (@REYNOS) June 24, 2022
Why is Omarion on stage eating a watermelon for entertainment ???? #Verzuz pic.twitter.com/hRLFXmW2tc
— Cookie (@mz_sugabrown25) June 24, 2022
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