“The watermelon originated in Africa. That doesn’t mean that the vile caricaturised depictions of black people eating watermelons is somehow not inherently racist.”

That’s not what is happening here tho. You can’t claim that every cartoon where a black person interacted with a watermelon is racist.

Just like here you can’t claim it just cuz the character is yellow it is racist.

Pooh is used cuz dude looks like Pooh… Not cuz he’s yellow. The fact that Pooh is yellow too doesn’t suddenly make it racist.