US school marks Black History Month with fried chicken and watermelon

Officials at a New York middle school have apologized after serving students fried chicken, watermelon and waffles on the first day of Black History Month.

Students and parents expressed hurt at the edited meal option.

Aramark has since apologized for the meal.

This latest meal is not the first time Aramark has come under fire for a meal with racist undertones.

In 2018, Aramark received widespread backlash for serving New York University students a meal that included watermelon-flavored water as part of a meal honoring Black History Month, reported the New York Times.

The university ended its contract with Aramark the following year.

Aramark sparked similar controversy in 2011 after serving fried chicken and waffles to University of California at Irvine students on Martin Luther King Jr Day.