Where do these 2 stereotypes come from?

1. That black people can't swim
2. That black people love watermelon

Asking out of genuine curiosity.

Also, I've never understood why some gay men call others by female pronouns regardless of the persons gender.

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DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F

Africans brought watermelon from Africa to the US.

I have heard that the swimming thing comes from several things. One being the fact that during segregation, black people were not permitted to use public swimming pools (and likely never learned to swim as a result, creating generations of black people avoiding swimming altogether).