Here’s something that’ll make it impossible to hear the ice cream truck song in the same way: The seemingly sweet and whimsical tune has a racist history. Viola Davis just dropped that knowledge on ...

The new song is available as a free download for ice cream truck drivers. Good Humor is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a much-needed tune-up for ice cream trucks everywhere thanks to a new ...

Language advisory: This interview contains a discussion of racial slurs. It turns out the ice cream truck jingle has its roots in one of the most racist songs in American history. (Karah ...

Editor's note: This article is about a virulently racist song. Read no farther if you wish to avoid racist imagery and slurs. "Nigger Love A Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!" merits the distinction of the most ...

Ever since I moved to California, I've noticed that the ice cream trucks out here all play weird, borderline creepy tunes. I mentioned this to my wife and I wondered why they didn't just use "The ...

This week an NPR blogpost went viral teaching us that “Turkey in the Straw,” an American folk song dating to the early 1800s and played by so many ice cream vans today, is actually a hidden racist ...

On July 15, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation declaring July National Ice Cream Month, and called "upon the people of the United States to observe these events with appropriate ...

The singer announced her collaboration with Van Leeuwen on her Instagram Stories on Saturday, June 8 Getty;sabrina carpenter/Instagram Sabrina Carpenter is as sweet as espresso ice cream! Following ...

The song even begins with a skit about ice cream: Browne: "You n----rs quit throwin' them bones and come down and get your ice cream!" Black men (incredulously): "Ice cream?!?" Browne: "Yes, ice cream ...

Do you know the ice cream truck jingle? (This one). Well, try not to get it stuck in your head again, because have I got bad news for you: it's the direct descendant of a very racist song that refers ...

The United States’ benighted history on matters of race lingers in various subtle and not-so-subtle ways, but it can still be a shock to recall the overtly racist origins of cultural institutions we ...