A probationary Detroit firefighter was terminated for wrapping a pink bow on a watermelon and giving it to a predominately black fire station as a gift.
The bizarre gesture offended many of the firefighters because watermelons have been a racist trope since slave won their emancipation during the Civil War.
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Southern whites made the fruit a symbol of black laziness, and caricatures of African Americans reveling in watermelon became ubiquitous.
The firefighter, 41-year-old Robert Pattison, claims the watermelon was not intended to offend his new co-workers when he handed them the watermelon at Engine 55 at Joy and Southfield.
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Whatever the case, Fire Commissioner Eric Jones said the watermelon “was deemed offensive and racially insensitive.”
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“There is zero tolerance for discriminatory behavior inside the Detroit Fire Department,” Jones told Fox 2 in a statement. On Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Engine 55, a trial firefighter (probationary employee) engaged in unsatisfactory work behavior which was deemed offensive and racially insensitive to members of the Detroit Fire Department.
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“After a thorough investigation, it was determined that the best course of action was to terminate the employment of this probationary employee.”
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Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.
