Fuck watermelons being a racist symbol, the whole thing comes from free’d slaves growing watermelons and being really really good at it and being really successful so racist people had to make up some dumb shit to undermine them. They should be a symbol of empowerment dammit, don’t let the assholes win!
Which is exactly why people like Luigi resort to the actions he took. It can never be undone no matter what they do to him afterwards.