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ATacticalPenguin@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org ·
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TIL the ice cream truck song has racist origins. Good Humor has been trying to replace it on trucks.

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TIL the ice cream truck song has racist origins. Good Humor has been trying to replace it on trucks.

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ATacticalPenguin@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org ·
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    1. Wrong community.
    2. No source at all.
  • stanleytweedle@lemmy.ml
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    The Jaws theme would be fun.

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    Interested in your source

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    • https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/11/310708342/recall-that-ice-cream-truck-song-we-have-unpleasant-news-for-you
    • https://deadline.com/2020/08/rza-teams-good-humor-ice-cream-new-song-for-trucks-1203013237/#!
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    Might be worth adding the article this came from:

    https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/14/902664184/an-ice-cream-truck-jingles-racist-history-has-caught-up-to-it

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