According to the late great Petey Greene on WDCA Channel 20, you have to pick it up just like this, and put just a twang of salt on it, and it brings out the accent:
>Petey Greene - How to Eat Watermelon (Enhanced): In this clip from civil rights activist Petey Greene's Washington DC television program in the Spring of 1982, Greene explains how to eat watermelon. Utterly bizarre. Also, pointers on eating corn and fried chicken.
Relevant comments:
>"man, some people just can't see the message. he's litterally saying 'watermelon is delicious, you're a fool if you change yourself because of what other people might think'"
>"I dont think people got the message he delivered. It was kinda about the watermelon but also more about how blacks are embarrassed to be themselves after so much stereotypes for doing things the way our people were accustomed to and for the same people(whites) we r trying to negate this stereotype to theyre "eating watermelon fred chicken and corn on the cob" the same way we shame our own people for being stereotyped for."
>"I pledge to live my life with the same passion as this man and his love for watermelon"
Check out his bio and the films based on his amazing life:
>Following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968, and during the subsequent riots that erupted throughout the United States, Greene made statements on air that were credited with helping quell the riots in Washington, D.C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-eitsutpOc
>Petey Greene - How to Eat Watermelon (Enhanced): In this clip from civil rights activist Petey Greene's Washington DC television program in the Spring of 1982, Greene explains how to eat watermelon. Utterly bizarre. Also, pointers on eating corn and fried chicken.
Relevant comments:
>"man, some people just can't see the message. he's litterally saying 'watermelon is delicious, you're a fool if you change yourself because of what other people might think'"
>"I dont think people got the message he delivered. It was kinda about the watermelon but also more about how blacks are embarrassed to be themselves after so much stereotypes for doing things the way our people were accustomed to and for the same people(whites) we r trying to negate this stereotype to theyre "eating watermelon fred chicken and corn on the cob" the same way we shame our own people for being stereotyped for."
>"I pledge to live my life with the same passion as this man and his love for watermelon"
Check out his bio and the films based on his amazing life:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petey_Greene
>Following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968, and during the subsequent riots that erupted throughout the United States, Greene made statements on air that were credited with helping quell the riots in Washington, D.C.
Talk To Me (2007) - Official Trailer (HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh7IkEL7Des
Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (Trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1QuIZT6c1c