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Tag Archives: Duncan Hines Hip Hop Cupcakes

Creepy Ads and How Fear of Talking About Race Can Get You In Trouble

"Intra"national Exchange, Marketing, Media, Popular Culture, Stereotypes in AdvertisingBy shossJanuary 6, 2011Leave a comment

When I first saw the Duncan Hines Hip Hop Cup Cake ad last month, I first wondered why advertisers would make food geared to kids so creepy (a la the Cinnamon Toast Crunch cannibal ads); and that the icing would never work…the microwave would make it too gooey or too hot to be practical. As…

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