…..”She worked for that Quaker Oats for 20 years. She traveled all the way around the United States and Canada making pancakes as Aunt Jemima for them. This woman served all those people, and it was after slavery. She worked as Aunt Jemima. That was her job … How do you think I feel as a black man sitting here telling you about my family history they’re trying to erase? …
After making all that money —and now’s the time when black people are saying we want restitution for slavery — they’re just going to erase history like it didn’t happen?”
h/t Cakes
Like Dean Martin used to say:
“Ain’t that a kick in the head?”
“Ain’t that a hole in the boat?”
When I was a kid I used to hang out in the garage with my dad while he was working on cars. His favorite saying was, “Well, ain’t this a crock of shit?!”
She didn’t feel no ways tired.
Cowardice and ambivalence are dragging this country into chaos.
Once we’ve erased all vestiges of History (particularly the history of slavery in America) can we tell all these assholes to go fuck themselves?
What slavery?
“Whachu talkin bout, Willis?”
“Weren’t no slavery – weren’t no confed’acy – wun’t nuthin afor Johnson.”
izlamo delenda est …
When I finally realized that buying Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben’s products at the grocery store was an act of Unconscious Racism, I immediately decided to cancel my tickets to “Hamilton” and never go to another movie where the White Colored Actress or the White Colored Actor had a really smart best friend who was played by a Black Colored Actress or a Black Colored Actor. I’ve also stopped buying anything that has a Black Colored Person for a spokesman or spokeswoman on television. The NFL and the NBA will not be wasting my time until at least eighty percent of their teams are White Colored Players. I’m not going to Chick-Fil-A again until twenty percent of their workforce are surly, fat Black Colored Kids. I’m doing my part to become the opposite of an Unconscious Racist, what about you?
if the company is going to abandon the brand, he should approach them and obtain the rights to the name and image, then make his own syrup and market it himself.
it is just corn syrup and chemicals- anyone can make it if they have a bucket. Some of the ingredients might require gloves or other PPE, but just dump and stir. He’d be nationally known right away, and that wouldn’t cost him a cent. Famous Amos should get in touch with him.
Or, he could just take an old family photo of his Grandma and then market syrup under the name of “Grandma’s.” He has an opportunity here, and he would get lots of coverage and ‘buzz’ if he did it.
I would buy some from him. If it had the same recipe/formula, I wouldn’t eat it, but I would buy some.
What do you expect from Pepsi Co, the brand with the Obama logo?
I remember as a kid pushing the Mrs. Butterworth syrup bottle around the table at breakfast, imitating the commercial. That’s probably on the way out too.
“Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemimah, Little Black Sambo.”
Hair today, gone tomorrow….
Well, when you’re creating a memory void omelette you have to break a few eggs.
I’m sure they’ll put some perfectly acceptable CRACKA on the box in her place. 🙄
Dirty little secret – doctrine is all that matters to the socialist goal of fundamental change.
Race is used as a wedge issue, and once the focus is on a fallacy all bets are off. The true historical significance of Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, etc. become collateral damage.
Change Mrs. Butterworth to Mrs. Butterface
Its sad that they don’t care about History.. Black History is American History.. Now we’re DOOMED to repeat it the History of either the Bolshevik or Nazi Germany! And Restitution should be a $1000.00 and a Boat Ticket back to Afrika! Some of them shouldn’t be given a choice….. Ship them out!