Say goodbye to Aunt Jemima

I checked again and the're is an August 2019 WAPO article that cites the 9 out of 10, but maybe it's more nuanced like you say.

For whatever reason, there's never really been that much pressure put on Snyder to change the name even though it is offensive. It might be be because native Americans don't have that much power which contradicts the idea that there are a bunch of PC white people forcing all these name changes.

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

If you're not buying pure maple syrup, you're just cheap.

Once you have the pure maple syrup, you'll never go back to the cheap syrup . The taste is simply that much better.

exactly this

George Washington did not own Aunt Jemima, as least that was not her name. There is very little we know of Washington's slaves. I take groups to Mount Vernon 25x annually. He actually freed all of his slaves, albeit not until his death as his economic lifestyle was based on the benefits of having slaves, but they were not freed until Martha said so (about a year later) and Martha actually owned the majority of the MV slaves and she did not free them upon her death.

reer wrote:

I'd also be curious how often black people in this era bought Aunt Jemima products or saw them on the shelves and ever had a single thought about racism or prejudice. My guess is few to none. No reasonable person would think so: they see a smiling, happy woman who likes making pancakes for her family. Nothing malicious about it. But then someone comes along and tries to stir up these controversies where none existed in the first place.

Not true.

I’m not black but as a kid, i had black friends discuss this in class, telling us what a ‘mammy’ was and now it was degrading.

I must’ve been around 12. I’m mid 30s now.

Even in recent years, when discussions of ‘Redskins’ and ‘Chiefs’ were being labeled inappropriate, black friends would mention the number of black products that were demeaning to them.

So to you I say: You have no idea what products are offensive or are not. And unless you’re black or indigenous or whatever other race, you have no idea how to feel nor do you have a say in how someone should feel.

Because YOU. HAVE. NO. IDEA. Maybe ask your 10 closest black friends how they feel then report back to us on what they all say.

Sweet syrup sour message wrote:

Raicst brand is expected to change name.

https://edmontonsun.com/life/food/based-on-a-racial-stereotype-aunt-jemima-brand-to-change-name-logo/wcm/8819300e-5396-4858-ba55-ae08f100a0b4

That sucks.

They should instead just add in a group picture of 20 to 30 people on the front.

One brown person.

One pink person.

One yellow person.

One gray person.

One person with red hair and blue eyes.

One gay person.

Etc.. etc. Different combinations.. Etc.

Make sure all the bases are covered so that nobody feels left out.

And also a picture of a dog so that the dog people feel happy. And also maybe a cat or a bird.

It should all be just one big group picture. That way everyone is happy.

They do this on Masterchef so they could do it here as well.

President Trump is a great President and all, but he (Trump Administration) is going wacko in his fight against racism, Aunt Jemima, Gone with the Wind, The Zippidy doo dah zippidy aa, my oh my what a wonderful day song etc REALLY?

All Blacks want is to be treated with kindness, friendliness, respect and to be treated fairly, One protester on TV said as a Black Man in America all I want is to feel just as safe when I am in an all White neighborhood as a White Man feels when he is in an all Black Neighborhood.

Songs, Cartoons Movies etc being Cancelled is all silly if not stupid on The Trump Administrations part.

douglas burke wrote:

All Blacks want is to be treated with kindness, friendliness, respect and to be treated fairly, One protester on TV said as a Black Man in America all I want is to feel just as safe when I am in an all White neighborhood as a White Man feels when he is in an all Black Neighborhood.

Why do you have white and black neighborhoods?

Because Timmy the black folks don't want to live with us, they want to live amongst their own kind.

douglas burke wrote:

President Trump is a great President and all, but he (Trump Administration) is going wacko in his fight against racism, Aunt Jemima, Gone with the Wind, The Zippidy doo dah zippidy aa, my oh my what a wonderful day song etc REALLY?

All Blacks want is to be treated with kindness, friendliness, respect and to be treated fairly, One protester on TV said as a Black Man in America all I want is to feel just as safe when I am in an all White neighborhood as a White Man feels when he is in an all Black Neighborhood.

Songs, Cartoons Movies etc being Cancelled is all silly if not stupid on The Trump Administrations part.

Well a FED min wage of 7.25 an hour isn't too " kind" now is it?

Not trying to be mean or anything.

But it's not too classy having a min wage of only 7.25. That barely pays rent.

The biggest contributer or highest percentage factor that would help everyone would be an increased FED min wage.

I have yet to see anyone with riot signs saying " increase the min wage" yet.

Increase the min wage and all of these problems are probably reduced in half.

Why do you assume that blacks are stupid people on minimum wage? Blacks have winners and losers like all races. Don't assume that blacks are all losers!