Good Bye Aunt Jemima

[martybegan]

She had a long full life and is in a better place now.

For generations she has been responsible for people thinking Pancake Syrup is Maple Syrup.

That's the true crime here.

I know, right? I’m a snob when it comes to maple story. We had some taps on our trees growing up and made our own, so I don’t up just anything on my pancakes.

I am ok with pancake syrup, as long as it is represented as pancake syrup.

For frozen pancakes using real maple syrup is like putting a 3 hour simmered Italian mean sauce on egg noodles.

 

[Likkmee]

Jemima was a true black capitalist
Aunt Jemima Our History

 

[my2¢]

I've always found histories of companies to be interesting.

The original idea of “Aunt Jemima”, a packaged, ready-mixed, self-rising pancake flour began with Chris Rutt, a newspaperman, and Charles Underwood who bought the Pearl Milling Company to develop the product.​

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But to make it in an industry that was so competitive, they needed an image to sell their product. When Rutt, in 1889, attended a vaudeville show where he heard a catchy tune called “Aunt Jemima” sung by a blackface performer who was wearing an apron and bandanna headband, he decided to call their product “Aunt Jemima.”​

All hail the popular black model and former slave who was in everybody's home in the 1890s as 'Aunt Jemima' - Face2Face Africa

The world knew her as “Aunt Jemima”, but this former slave’s real name was Nancy Green and she made history as being one of the first African American models employed by an American company to promote a product. Between the 1890s to the early 1920s, “Aunt Jemima’s pancakes” was a common phrase...

face2faceafrica.com

 

[Likkmee]

Quaker
Quakers in Costa Rica

 

[TheParser]

Yes, we all knew that Aunt Jemima was living on borrowed time.

Regardless of what one thinks about BLM, it is time to get rid of that stereotypical image and even the name.

I think that Uncle Ben's rice should go next. In the South, "uncle" was a patronizing title for an older African American man, for people in those days did not want to confer the title "Mr." African Americans are very sensitive about titles, and I can understand their feelings. I remember that some people were upset when President Obama was often referred to as just "Obama." Some people thought it was a deliberate snub.

How do you stay standing up during a 5 MPH wind?

Hi,

If I understand your meaning, you are saying that I am being too sensitive. In other words, I'm a snowflake. Your comment was very humorous. Thanks for the chuckle!

That's fine. This website is for our opinions.

Many younger people do not realize how sensitive African Americans and other non-Caucasians are.

I am 83 years old, so I remember that prejudice and discrimination were just taken for granted when I was a teenager in the 1950s.

And African Americans were the brunt of most discrimination and ridicule.

Although I abhor the outrageous looting and the kneeling of Caucasian hypocrites and the virulent anti-Caucasian racism of today, I can understand why African Americans are so sensitive.

I used to almost cry when I would read Ebony magazine's annual travel edition in the 1950s. It listed each state and the names of hotels/motels that would accept Black guests. In some states, Black tourists would be lucky to find even one place open to them.

Like a lot of other people of ALL ethnicities, I am terrified that I might be mistreated by a young man of the ethnicity under discussion, but I can still understand the pain endured by African Americans ever since they have been here.


Have a nice day!

 

[Cellblock2429]

Aunt Jemima Brand Will Change Its Name

Quaker Oats announced it is changing the name of its Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix - recognizing "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on racial stereotype. "The brand is 130-years-old and features a rendering of a black woman named Aunt Jemima. NBC News...

www.newsmax.com

When does wil this nonsense end? I worked in the grocery industry for years and my accounts included Black-owned stores, and they stocked Aunt Jemima on the shelves. Why, if it was so offensive.

Quaker Oats announced it is changing the name of its Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix — recognizing “Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on racial stereotype.”

The brand is 130-years-old and features a rendering of a black woman named Aunt Jemima. NBC News reported the woman was originally dressed as a minstrel character. The image of the woman has changed throughout the years.

The company said the image will be removed with the name change.

 

[Polishprince]

Aunt Jemima Brand Will Change Its Name

Quaker Oats announced it is changing the name of its Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix - recognizing "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on racial stereotype. "The brand is 130-years-old and features a rendering of a black woman named Aunt Jemima. NBC News...

www.newsmax.com

When does wil this nonsense end? I worked in the grocery industry for years and my accounts included Black-owned stores, and they stocked Aunt Jemima on the shelves. Why, if it was so offensive.

Quaker Oats announced it is changing the name of its Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix — recognizing “Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on racial stereotype.”

The brand is 130-years-old and features a rendering of a black woman named Aunt Jemima. NBC News reported the woman was originally dressed as a minstrel character. The image of the woman has changed throughout the years.

The company said the image will be removed with the name change.
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Good news for Mrs. Butterworth with Jemima's withdrawal from the competitive syrup market.

 

[MisterBeale]

I think my favorite cookie is safe.

Wally Amos - Wikipedia

 

[BlindBoo]

I did a service call many years ago to a small town outside of College Station in Texas. The had a giant billboard celebrating the Actress or Model who posed for that brand. Hearne Texas I think it was. Rosie Lee Moore Hall.

I wonder if they had to take that down?

 

[Cellblock2429]

Aunt Jemima Brand Will Change Its Name

Quaker Oats announced it is changing the name of its Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix - recognizing "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on racial stereotype. "The brand is 130-years-old and features a rendering of a black woman named Aunt Jemima. NBC News...

www.newsmax.com

When does wil this nonsense end? I worked in the grocery industry for years and my accounts included Black-owned stores, and they stocked Aunt Jemima on the shelves. Why, if it was so offensive.

Quaker Oats announced it is changing the name of its Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix — recognizing “Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on racial stereotype.”

The brand is 130-years-old and features a rendering of a black woman named Aunt Jemima. NBC News reported the woman was originally dressed as a minstrel character. The image of the woman has changed throughout the years.

The company said the image will be removed with the name change.
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Good news for Mrs. Butterworth with Jemima's withdrawal from the competitive syrup market.

/----/ And what about these brands?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Aunt Jemima Brand Will Change Its Name

Quaker Oats announced it is changing the name of its Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix - recognizing "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on racial stereotype. "The brand is 130-years-old and features a rendering of a black woman named Aunt Jemima. NBC News...

www.newsmax.com

When does wil this nonsense end? I worked in the grocery industry for years and my accounts included Black-owned stores, and they stocked Aunt Jemima on the shelves. Why, if it was so offensive.

Quaker Oats announced it is changing the name of its Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix — recognizing “Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on racial stereotype.”

The brand is 130-years-old and features a rendering of a black woman named Aunt Jemima. NBC News reported the woman was originally dressed as a minstrel character. The image of the woman has changed throughout the years.

The company said the image will be removed with the name change.
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Good news for Mrs. Butterworth with Jemima's withdrawal from the competitive syrup market.

/----/ And what about these brands?
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And this one?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Mrs. Butterworth is next.... the Brand will be called... "non gender syrup brand" and in the shape of a square block.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

That's it. Time to burn everything down.

 

[Rambunctious]

More pandering will only result in more rioting....at some point a heavy response will have to take place...because as long as the mob gets what they want by being mobbish they will never stop....one day mob behavior will suffice for voting in America...and then we are all screwed....white black brown....everyone of us.....

 

[miketx]

Aunt Jemima Brand Will Change Its Name

Quaker Oats announced it is changing the name of its Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix - recognizing "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on racial stereotype. "The brand is 130-years-old and features a rendering of a black woman named Aunt Jemima. NBC News...

www.newsmax.com

When does wil this nonsense end? I worked in the grocery industry for years and my accounts included Black-owned stores, and they stocked Aunt Jemima on the shelves. Why, if it was so offensive.

Quaker Oats announced it is changing the name of its Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix — recognizing “Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on racial stereotype.”

The brand is 130-years-old and features a rendering of a black woman named Aunt Jemima. NBC News reported the woman was originally dressed as a minstrel character. The image of the woman has changed throughout the years.

The company said the image will be removed with the name change.
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They can call it Yo, mofugga!

 

[HenryBHough]

Fortunately there are other brands whose owners want to have customers.

 

[Wyatt earp]

This PC crap has to end.

Aunt Jemima changing name, removing image 'based on a racial stereotype' from packaging

Quaker Oats acknowledged that the face of the brand was “based on a racial stereotype.”

www.foxnews.com

 

[jc456]

I wonder if Popeye's will follow suit and dump the black broad that shills for the product on TV- the stereotype being that black people really know a lot about Fried Chicken

so we're washing away all blacks?

So the demofk kkkers still doing away with blacks. amazing.

 

[blackhawk]

It’s really pretty sad grown adults so desperate for praise and acceptance from the online mobs they change stuff no one was even complaining about. As far as I know no one was complaining it’s hard to keep up with all the outrage of the moment stuff going on right now.

 

[HenryBHough]

Today I shall purchase one box of Aunt Jemima pancake mix and one bottle of Aunt Jemima syrup. Or maybe I'll look for a sealed complete case of each. Toys and antiques are worth more in their original containers. Give it five years and people will be falling all over themselves to bid for them.

I recently turned down an offer of $1,000 for my pristine box of "Spotted Owl Helper" and wish I had bought a full case before the parody product was banned.