La chanson des glaciers américains ? Une chanson d’un racisme crasse et frontal.
Recall That Ice Cream Truck Song ? We Have Unpleasant News For You, by Theodore R. Johnson, III
▻http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/05/11/310708342/recall-that-ice-cream-truck-song-we-have-unpleasant-news-for-you
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 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.)
Browne: “You niggers quit throwin’ them bones and come down and get your ice cream!”
Black men (incredulously): “Ice Cream?!?”
Browne: “Yes, ice cream! Colored man’s ice cream: WATERMELON!!”
Nigger love a watermelon ha ha, ha ha!
Nigger love a watermelon ha ha, ha ha!
For here, they’re made with a half a pound of co’l
There’s nothing like a watermelon for a hungry coon
