RACIST RANT? ‘Ice Cream Girl’ pulls ‘Yo Granny’s in my Garbage’ video
Faced with mounting criticsm, a Bensonhurst ice cream pedler on Wednesday afternoon pulled from YouTube a music video that ridicules older Asian women who rummage through garbage cans collecting redeemable cans and bottles.
Maria “The Ice Cream Girl” Campanella, an ice cream saleswoman known for her charitable endeavors and her quest for fame, wrote, directed, and co-stars in the video called “Yo Granny’s In My Garbage.”
“I love Asian people. They’re my neighbors,” she told the Brookyn Eagle.
In the video, a woman on a conical straw hat wearing yellowish makeup on her face and what appears to be pajama bottoms is seen diving into garbage cans on private property and retrieving cans of Red Bull while Campanella stands in her doorway shrugging her shoulders and looking puzzled.
The soundtrack is an original song Campanella wrote called “Yo Granny’s In My Garbage.”
Campanella posted the video on You Tube and promoted it on her Facebook page. “Yo Granny’s In My Garbage — moving up rapidly each day — 1,686 views in only one week — and still going. Thank you,” she wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.