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The Kids’s Museum of Indianapolis is pulling a pre-packaged watermelon salad off of its Juneteenth menu after images of the dish ignited a wave of controversy on-line.

The museum apologized Saturday after photographs of the brand new menu merchandise have been posted by TMZ and sparked fast outrage on social media, saying, “As a museum, we apologize and acknowledge the adverse impression that stereotypes have on communities of colour.” The museum’s web site and social media accounts have been promoting its “Juneteenth Jamboree,” an occasion sequence celebrating the African American group in Indianapolis.

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“We’re presently reviewing how we might greatest convey these tales and traditions throughout this yr’s Juneteenth celebration in addition to making adjustments round how future meals alternatives are made by our meals service supplier,” the assertion added.

Juneteenth is one among America’s oldest holidays and is noticed every year on June 19 to mark the official finish of slavery within the US.

The day, which will get its title from combining “June” and “nineteenth,” has lengthy been celebrated by black Individuals as a logo of their long-awaited emancipation.

Representatives for the museum defended $10 salad additional, saying that the dish is a staple in lots of Juneteenth celebrations, together with for the meals court docket supervisor’s household’s.

“The staff that made this choice included their employees members, who primarily based this alternative of meals on their very own household traditions,” the museum mentioned.

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Responding to a touch upon Fb, the museum took duty and mentioned the names of menu objects could be defined additional with labels and different indicators going ahead.

“There ought to have been a label explaining the historical past and that means behind this menu merchandise and it mustn’t have been on the shelf earlier than that label was prepared,” a museum spokesperson mentioned within the Fb remark. “We perceive how this seems with no context and we apologize. We’re pulling it from our meals court docket instantly till the signal is able to accompany it.”