Yes it’s a weird way to show appreciation.What makes this even more hilarious is that I didn’t even think about the race when I drew it until someone I knew pointed it out. I drew it because I personally love watermelon and didn’t think of the negative connotations of it within the black community.I was like “oh god....” when that person pointed that out😆

They told me to change the race of my character because of the issue, but I think it would of been even more racist to change the race of my character due to an old stereotype from ages ago. Let the boy have his watermelon. When I told the individual that I wasn’t going to white wash him they advised not to post this piece online. As you can see I did it anyway 😆