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World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

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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World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

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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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