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17.07.2020 - 18:39 / genius.com
Content warning: This article contains discussions of overt historical racism and racial stereotypes in popular culture. For many Americans, memories of summer are punctuated by the ever-familiar music of the ice cream truck rolling down their block, ready to dispense sugary treats in the heat.
While it may be a sweet moment in time, the song they were hearing has a surprising racist history. The tune that many (although not all) ice cream trucks play is likely most familiar from the childhood
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