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Jul 10, 2020 · Amid a national reckoning on racism, the people whose likenesses became the faces of Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben's and other brands deserve recognition.
- Charisse Jones
- Economic Opportunity Reporter
May 25, 2021 · In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, perhaps one of the most-overdue and yet least-expected changes in American culture finally began: the replacement of racist, stereotypical...
- Nadra Nittle
Jun 21, 2020 · Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and “Rastus,” the Cream of Wheat man, were actually meant to be stand-ins for what white people viewed as a generation of formerly enslaved Black cooks now lost to them.
- Michael Twitty
- 3 min
Feb 13, 2021 · Aunt Jemima was not the only brand icon which underwent significant changes during the 1960s and 1970s. Uncle Ben’s Rice changed the appearance of its character from a butler to one of a Black man in his senior years wearing an open collar shirt. Frito’s Frito Bandito vanished completely in 1971.
The Quaker Oats Company is the owner of the Aunt Jemima brand, and according to a spokesperson, although there have been three different women who played the part in various promotions, the character was not based on any real person.
Jun 17, 2020 · Black writers have long traced Aunt Jemima to minstrelsy and the “mammy” symbol, a caricature of Black women that casts them as happy in their domestic service to white families and loyal to the...
Jun 17, 2020 · For years, the smiling image of Aunt Jemima — found on pancake mix, syrup bottles, and breakfast food boxes nationwide — has courted controversy for its racist history.
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