I have to admit, I saw this commercial come on late last night, and I was like, “Wait, what, umm, what is going on here!?” But when the white cupcake without the glaze on it started singing like Keyshia Cole, I DIED. And then they added the glaze, and it was all good.

However, my first thought was not “this is racist!” Sure, now that someone has made the allegation that this might be considered “blackface”, I can see it. But my first inclination was to laugh at it musically after I figured out what was going on in the first place. Did you peep the bottle lighting up? LOL, I mean, we could make this “deep” if we wanted to, or maybe I am not deep enough, but I don’t know…

Duncan Hines, a company known for a slew of wholesome baking products, has come under attack for airing a commercialon YouTube that featured what many term as “black face” cupcakes.

Just in time for the holiday baking season, Duncan Hines released a new icing line, Amazing Glazes. With the release came a new group of commercials produced by film company Filmaka for Duncan Hines to place on YouTube. “Hip Hop Cupcakes,” the ad that’s now under fire, has vanilla cupcakes that grow googly eyes and large lips when chocolate icing is place on them.

The commercial has been archived by The Huffington Post . The website explained, “The ad features animated vanilla cupcakes. When the unidentified woman in the ad starts putting the chocolate glaze on them, they begin to sing and beatbox.” (Source)

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