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Sugary "Hip Hop" Cupcakes Embroiled in Blackface Scandal
eater.com ^ | 12/10/10 | Paula Forbes

Posted on 12/11/2010 4:37:23 PM PST by 6SJ7

Cupcakes, once a delightful source of sugary indulgence, later a cliched trend much derided on blogs like this one, have sunk to a new low: racial controversy. A video for Duncan Hines' Amazing Glazes has angered viewers for its depiction of, uh, cupcakes in black face. Racist cupcakes? Facing criticism, Duncan Hines pulled the video from YouTube. But we managed to get a copy of the video, below. Judge for yourself:

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: blackface; cupcakes; duncanhines; racism
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Now it’s cupcakes. I’m SO tired of this crap!


21 posted on 12/11/2010 5:24:12 PM PST by Godwin1
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To: 6SJ7

ht crawlers


23 posted on 12/11/2010 5:26:57 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: 6SJ7

The commercial was cute. I just saw singing cupcakes. It’s not like it is a package of Uncle Ben’s rice or Aunt Jemima pancake mix. Just a thought.


24 posted on 12/11/2010 5:28:18 PM PST by momtothree
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To: Dante3
Something is dreadfully wrong with this country if complaints against these cupcakes are taken seriously.

I don't think more than ten people across the nation were offended. The problem was all ten of them write blogs.

25 posted on 12/11/2010 5:32:46 PM PST by Drew68
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To: 6SJ7

And if the icing had been all white, they would have also complained that the cupcakes were racist ..
You can’t win .


26 posted on 12/11/2010 5:42:32 PM PST by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: livius

All the way through the “song” I definitely heard a frog keeping the beat, making me think they were frogs.......


27 posted on 12/11/2010 5:45:57 PM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: 6SJ7

Very clever. Wonder what Divinity
covered cup cakes would sound like?

Can’t do that. White cakes singing
wouldn’t be diverse and thus... racist.

Sheesh!


28 posted on 12/11/2010 5:51:26 PM PST by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: exDemMom
When I see cupcakes start to sprout faces and sing, it’s not racism that concerns me...

That's what I was thinking. The woman on the phone making the cupcakes seemed unconcerned. One cupcake was "out of tune" due to lack of icing, so she douses it. Me, I'd be running from the room, calling a priest, or contacting Ghostbusters.

29 posted on 12/11/2010 5:59:13 PM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: 6SJ7

When did SO many blacks turn into SUCH paranoid little CRYBABIES? Weak, pathetic people, these racist-screamers. I laugh at and pity them. How embarrassing to be such fragile, constantly “offended” individuals. And I suppose calling out these phony “offended” wimps is “racist.”. Yawn-n-laugh.


30 posted on 12/11/2010 6:02:37 PM PST by Miss Behave (Merry Christmas porkchop)
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To: bigheadfred
I’m making some. Then, as I eat them, I will be wiping out racism. One cupcake at a time.

You are a true civil rights activist!

31 posted on 12/11/2010 6:21:25 PM PST by Prokopton
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To: 6SJ7

Well, I think the NFL and NBA are racist. Virtually every single player is done up in black face.


32 posted on 12/11/2010 6:26:27 PM PST by Professional
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To: 6SJ7
Racism, like beauty is in the eye (or the heart) of the beholder.
33 posted on 12/11/2010 6:58:25 PM PST by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: 6SJ7

Libs see EVERYTHING thru the Prism of Race....Duncan Hines should tell the Race Hustlers that try to shake them down for “Donations” to show they aren’t racist to Go Pound Sand!


34 posted on 12/11/2010 7:39:42 PM PST by jakerobins
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35 posted on 12/11/2010 7:44:17 PM PST by P.O.E. (Compact Theory)
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To: livius

I didn’t actually watch the video; it was the visual of the cupcakes on the table that I was looking at, and making reference to.


36 posted on 12/12/2010 3:19:17 PM PST by supremedoctrine (Come closer. I want to get a better look at you.)
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To: livius

I didn’t actually watch the video; it was the visual of the cupcakes on the table that I was looking at, and making reference to.


37 posted on 12/12/2010 3:19:32 PM PST by supremedoctrine (Come closer. I want to get a better look at you.)
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To: livius

I didn’t actually watch the video; it was the visual of the cupcakes on the table that I was looking at, and making reference to.


38 posted on 12/12/2010 3:19:35 PM PST by supremedoctrine (Come closer. I want to get a better look at you.)
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To: livius

I didn’t actually watch the video; it was the visual of the cupcakes on the table that I was looking at, and making reference to.


39 posted on 12/12/2010 3:24:22 PM PST by supremedoctrine (Come closer. I want to get a better look at you.)
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To: bigheadfred

LOL One cupcake at a time.


40 posted on 12/13/2010 10:41:50 AM PST by B4Ranch (Do NOT remain seated until this ride comes to a full and complete stop! We're going the wrong way!)
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