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Ice cream truck tune is rooted in racism!

Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:00 am
Posted by Pectus
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:00 am
Check out this NPR article: LINK

quote:

...ice cream! Colored man's ice cream: WATERMELON!!


The song you know: LINK

The song's origin: LINK

Posted by BRgetthenet
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:02 am to
I've always dreamed of one night with Nina Tottenburg.
Posted by theunknownknight
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This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 11:03 am
Posted by DrunkenStuporMan
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:03 am to
quote:

I wondered how such a prejudiced song could have become the anthem of ice cream and childhood summers.
Because people aren't offended by stuff like this until someone tells them they should be because nobody knows the words to a song from the 1910s.
This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 11:04 am
Posted by hg
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Posted by Clyde Tipton
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I thought it was the "Do your ears hang low" song?
Posted by Dorothy
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quote:

I thought it was the "Do your ears hang low" song?


Me too.
Posted by TexasTiger01
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:04 am to
quote:

I thought it was the "Do your ears hang low" song?


Me too
Posted by beulahland
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:04 am to
Well, how about that!
Posted by NbamaTiger90
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:07 am to
I was thinking the same thing.

Now I will have that damn fisher price dog singing in my head all day
Posted by wickowick
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Posted by Clyde Tipton
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:09 am to
Still, who doesn't love watermelon?
Posted by wickowick
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Posted by TexasTiger01
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This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 11:14 am
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:16 am to
Posted by I-59 Tiger
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:17 am to
I wonder if NPR and MSNBC have ever seen Stephen Foster's original lyrics to 'My Old Kentucky Home'?
Posted by PuntBamaPunt
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:17 am to
turkey in the straw
Posted by Bleeding purple
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:19 am to
Turkey in the straw



Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:20 am to
quote:

Ice cream truck tune is rooted in racism!


Posted by Spaceman Spiff
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 11:22 am to
quote:

Ice cream truck tune is rooted in racism!


It takes a racist to make such a statement.
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