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NYACK, Rockland County (WABC) -- A food vendor in Rockland County is apologizing for what it calls "unintentional insensitivity" for the hot lunch it offered students on the first day of Black History Month.
Students at Nyack Middle School were given chicken and waffles with watermelon for dessert on Feb. 1.
"They were asking people if they want watermelon and I remember being confused because it's not in season," said student Honore Santiago.
Santiago immediately told her mom when she got home. Both were outraged by the message they say it sends to the school's Black students.
"Didn't think the company was capable of making us feel bad...especially the kids my color," Santiago said.
The school's principal said the menu was changed without the school's knowledge and he says the items chosen, "reinforce negative stereotypes concerning the African-American community."