Principal Apologizes for Students' Watermelon Stunt

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A Louisville-area high school principal has issued a letter to parents apologizing for an incident involving students at Ballard High School passing around a watermelon at a football game against the predominantly black Central High School.

A photo of students with the melon was captured by a Louisville Courier Journal photographer, and shared to the paper’s social media channels, and many users were quick to note the racial undertones.

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