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RACISM & ICE CREAM: NPR, ‘Buying Ice Cream From Ice Cream Truck Supports Racism’(language warning)
Clash Daily ^ | 5/13/14

Posted on 05/13/2014 10:13:35 AM PDT by Impala64ssa

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is about a virulently racist song. Read no further if you wish to avoid racist imagery and slurs.

“Ni**er Love A Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!” merits the distinction of the most racist song title in America. Released in March 1916 by Columbia Records, it was written by actor Harry C. Browne and played on the familiar depiction of black people as mindless beasts of burden greedily devouring slices of watermelon.

I came across this gem while researching racial stereotypes. I was a bit conflicted on whether the song warranted a listen. Admittedly, though, beneath my righteous indignation, I was rather curious about how century-old, overt racism sounded and slightly amused by the farcical title. When I started the song, the music that tumbled from the speakers was that of the ever-recognizable jingle of the . (For the record, not all ice cream trucks play this same song, but a great many of them do.)

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To: Impala64ssa

A very long time ago, someone wrote some racist lyrics to a tune which had been around for an even longer time.

Now, according to NPR (and their race-baiting minions) anyone who uses the ORIGINAL tune for any purpose is a racist.

If the race-baiters have to go to these lengths to ‘find’ racism for our society, then only one conclusion can be drawn. there IS no racism in this country any more.


21 posted on 05/13/2014 10:29:42 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: dfwgator

While I don’t know what “older people” Stossel asked, I can certainly remember “Eenie Meenie Minee Mo” from the 1950s which was before it was changed to use the word “tiger”. (I have no idea when the word was changed.)


22 posted on 05/13/2014 10:29:52 AM PDT by Bob
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To: Impala64ssa

Ice cream trucks here are all run by immigrants and they fly by so fast I doubt they actually sell ice cream. Then they have no idea what music they`re playing. It`s not unusual to hear Jingle Bells or other Christmas music in 100degree July and August. Racism??? Ok..I`m not paying Middle Eastern types for overpriced ice cream.


23 posted on 05/13/2014 10:30:14 AM PDT by ClearBlueSky (When anyone says its not about Islam...it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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To: cripplecreek

Wait till they discover the original lyrics of what was to become “The Star Spangled Banner.”


24 posted on 05/13/2014 10:30:34 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: cripplecreek

No. They definitely do not want to do that, and its racist of you to even ask...


25 posted on 05/13/2014 10:32:24 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Different view point on RACE!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=APmeV1cZGgQ


26 posted on 05/13/2014 10:33:05 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: dfwgator

Dunno if they’d hate or love “To Anacreon In Heaven.”


27 posted on 05/13/2014 10:33:57 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: fredhead

We sang a song in Girl Scouts when I was a kid. “Do you ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro.....”.


28 posted on 05/13/2014 10:34:46 AM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: GOYAKLA

I want the Ice Cream Truck to play this song!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhtG5YrQ-lY


29 posted on 05/13/2014 10:36:03 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: GOYAKLA

How about this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2RKWJD5ops


30 posted on 05/13/2014 10:39:20 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Impala64ssa
Wow! I've lived in this country for almost seven decades and I never knew that "Turkey in the Straw" was racist.

I did learn one thing from the article, Harry Reid thinks that Barack 0bama is "Zip Coon".

31 posted on 05/13/2014 10:41:53 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: cripplecreek

the depth of their desperate need for attention is growing by leaps and bounds

is this supposed to keep our minds off BENGHAZI??


32 posted on 05/13/2014 10:42:34 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: DManA
The tune is Turkey in the Straw. Is that offensive to Turks?

Quickie research has Turkey in the Straw going back to 1860. But the tune goes back to Andrew Jackson, as "Ole Zip Coon".
33 posted on 05/13/2014 10:49:46 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
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To: dfwgator

Works for me, also.
Although I lean more to 1900-1930 Bottleneck.


34 posted on 05/13/2014 10:51:17 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: cripplecreek
To the tune of "Turkey in the Straw":

Racism here

Racism there

Racism almost everywhere

But there's one thing that's true, both near and far

There's nobody more racist than N P R.

35 posted on 05/13/2014 10:52:32 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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36 posted on 05/13/2014 11:00:55 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: reg45

Well done!


37 posted on 05/13/2014 11:05:41 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
The ice cream truck in our town has a pretty sketchy windowless van vibe to it. Even across the front it says “caution....children”
38 posted on 05/13/2014 11:15:04 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: GOYAKLA; dfwgator

And don’t forget:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV5XjW1KnME


39 posted on 05/13/2014 11:15:11 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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