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76. Did your mom have to turn the melons? My dad had a summer

Mon Oct 28, 2024, 06:10 PM

Oct 2024

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job on his uncle's farm turning Montreal Melons which he was really bad at. His uncle would get every angry at him when he broke the stems.

And in saying that I am completely aware that my Dad's story, because he is white and privileged, is just a melon story and not necessary political context like your mom's joyous melon story, taking back the words from racists. What shame the Madison Square Garden event was. Thought that trope was being lost to time.

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Did your mom have to turn the melons? My dad had a summer applegrove Oct 2024 #76

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