Aunt Jemima deemed racist and getting rebranded

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18 Jun 2020, 9:47 am

The Aunt Jemima in the cartoon that Fnord posted hasn’t been used in quite a while.

The current AJ resembles Florence from “The Jeffersons”.

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18 Jun 2020, 9:49 am

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... The current AJ resembles Florence from “The Jeffersons”.

Replacing the image of one underpaid and exploited household servant with another is not social progress.

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18 Jun 2020, 2:13 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

The Frito Bandito was alive and well even in the 70s, and perhaps even into the 80s. I know I sang the “Frito Bandito” song in the late 70s.

Probably later than i thought. But they still axed him.

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18 Jun 2020, 3:23 pm

Does anyone remember Hummels,they were caricature dolls that often gave black women exaggerated and stereotypical features.

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18 Jun 2020, 3:36 pm

Nancy Green

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Nancy Green (November 17, 1834 – August 30, 1923) was a storyteller, cook, activist, and the first of several African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark as "Aunt Jemima".

Nancy Green was born into slavery on November 17, 1834, near Mount Sterling in Montgomery County, Kentucky.She was hired in 1890 by the R.T. Davis Milling Company in St. Joseph, Missouri, to represent "Aunt Jemima", an advertising character named after a song from a minstrel show.

Green was one of the organizers of the Olivet Baptist Church.Her career allowed Green the financial freedom to become an activist and engage in antipoverty programs.She was one of the first African-American missionary workers. She used her stature as a spokesperson to become a leading advocate against poverty and in favor of equal rights for individuals in Chicago.

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20 Jun 2020, 9:09 pm

Black Boy spices (in Norway they removed this name.....everything so pc these days , i never heard anyone saying anything racist about it , it was just a brand , couldve been White Boy spices for all i care)

Next theyre prolly gonna remove Eskimonika , the girl mascot for "Diplom Is"

We still have burger/hot dog buns with native american on them called "Big Chief"

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20 Jun 2020, 9:30 pm

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There used to be a brand of notebook called Big Chief.

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20 Jun 2020, 10:02 pm

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It is also happening to Uncle Ben's rice and Mrs. Butterworth. The classic pictures that we see on the labels of these products will be removed because some people find them racist. More and more companies are caving into PC culture. I don't see how any of the brands are racist. They just show black people in a positive light. The black people that are portrayed in the images of these products are associated with good food.

You don't see how depicting blacks as antebellum domestic servants might be problematic?

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21 Jun 2020, 7:40 am

There were actresses who played Aunt Jemima in early TV commercials. My local news published a story from the family of one of the actresses. They said that they were proud of their cousin, and she herself had been proud to portray the character back then. They said there were few acting roles for women of color in her time, and the fact that she had an acting career was a big achievement.

I wish we could hear more from the historical point of view like that.

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21 Jun 2020, 7:53 am

Most of the posts in this thread are perfect examples of systemic racism.

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21 Jun 2020, 12:34 pm

The Chiquita banana lady is next.

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21 Jun 2020, 9:47 pm

Anyone want to explain how Colgate still allowed this to be distributed in east Asia??

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-w ... -favourite

Darkie (later Darlie) was their most popular brand....any wonder Asians have such negative attitudes toward blacks

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22 Jun 2020, 5:12 am

i hope they don't ditch the products themselves. i have a preference for mrs. butterworth syrup, thicker and richer than the others.

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22 Jun 2020, 1:08 pm

For yrs and yrs (until 70s ?) they had candy in Sweden called n-word , then you had finnish candy called "negro kiss"

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22 Jun 2020, 8:40 pm

Here in Australia we had these classic snacks/lollies until recently

You can still buy these

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22 Jun 2020, 9:30 pm

collectoritis wrote:

For yrs and yrs (until 70s ?) they had candy in Sweden called n-word , then you had finnish candy called "negro kiss"

Funny that you mention that.

In the early two thousands there was a young Black woman in America who appeared on an open mic show on Comedy Central who had a whole routine about "the best way to defuse the N word is make it the name for a snack food", and she went into this dialogue about "WHAT? you're throwing a party and dont have n****rs? Everyone wants n****rs!".

Had both me, and the whole mixed race studio audience, in stitches. Of course only a Black person could get away with that, but still, it was hilarious.

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