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The racist origin of the Ice Cream Truck Tune

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The full story isn't being told here. The racist iteration of the song was actually appropriated from an American folk song called Turkey in the Straw. It was performed in minstrels, many popular songs of that time were. The blatantly racist version did not appear however until 1916. I'd have to take a deeper dive into the subject and history to know if the ice cream truck song was based on this old folk song or indeed the racist iteration.

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On 7/9/2020 at 7:26 AM, lavenderblonde said:

creep1   I'm glad information like this is coming to light. Nothing is innocent anymore. 

if it's one thing I've learned in the last 5 or so years, don't worship your idols/tradition... we were honestly evolved as humans to pick berries and chill for the rest of time... anything else is completely relative 

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