Watermelon is very popular in my neighborhood.
After the harvest, several people bring it to a street near me and sell it out of the back of a pickup truck.
It is available in all the supermarkets as well.
What I have not seen here is yellow watermelon. We have the red ones with and without seeds, small and round and large and egg shaped.
I have always liked watermelon.
My neighborhood is very diverse. There are five chicken places within walking distance of my home: KFC, Church's, Popeye's, Pollo Tropical and a Haitian chicken place.
I like fried chicken, too. Pollo Tropical and the Haitian place has grilled chicken.
I have not seen any examples of Black people avoiding eating watermelon or fried chicken.
Banjos are different. I have not seen a Black person play a banjo except in Washington State. Banjos are seen as hillbilly instruments for hillbilly music.
My father played the banjo in a Dixieland Band when he went to Texas Tech.