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Re: Aunt Jemima gets its new name - freeradical - 02-10-2021
In the OP's image, you can bet that there's margarine, and not butter on those pancakes.
Re: Aunt Jemima gets its new name - rjmacs - 02-10-2021
Marc Anthony wrote:
As a white male, I fail to see anything overtly racist in the depiction of Aunt Jemima, even though it may have originally been based on a racist minstrel stereotype. She was just a nice, smiling lady on some syrup that I recall from my childhood. Is it a win that the rebrand is as boring as it is inoffensive or is it more offensive that a piece of black history was erased?
I'm White, and it's really not my opinion that matters when it comes to this (take a note).
Lots of Black folks have found Aunt Jemima really offensive for a long time, and I think it makes sense to measure your discomfort around having the name changed (I'd guess, pretty small) versus the discomfort some (not all, vision63) feel about having to see that image every time they shop for groceries.
A little empathy can go a long way.
Re: Aunt Jemima gets its new name - A-Polly - 02-10-2021
Ignoring the name change for a moment, why does the pancake on the new label look less appetizing than on the retired version? Flatter, less fluffy. Or something.
Re: Aunt Jemima gets its new name - NewtonMP2100 - 02-10-2021
......Gwyneth Paltrow sells a candle that smells like a woman's.....Jemima.......
Re: Aunt Jemima gets its new name - mikebw - 02-10-2021
A-Polly wrote:
Ignoring the name change for a moment, why does the pancake on the new label look less appetizing than on the retired version? Flatter, less fluffy. Or something.
Pancake looks to be different, and I can say for sure that the new image is far more compressed than the one of the original, all the highlights are blurry so less shiny yummyness.
Re: Aunt Jemima gets its new name - D. Lawson - 02-10-2021
Sarcany wrote: "Syrup."
INGREDIENTS: CORN SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
I mean, they're not wrong...
Re: Aunt Jemima gets its new name - Grateful11 - 02-10-2021
I'll just keep buying Aldi's Aunt Maple's Lite Pancake Syrup, the others are too darn sweet.
If y'all missed this on Saturday Night Live you missed a good one.
May not be safe for work.
"Aunt Jemima (Maya Rudolph), Uncle Ben (Kenan Thompson) and the Allstate Guy (Dave Chappelle) get fired."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFLuGVOWlkc&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive
Re: Aunt Jemima gets its new name - Blankity Blank - 02-11-2021
The change is good. Snipping off the vestigial tails of the racist past shows that the clock on even casual, ‘no big deal’ racism has run out.
The name in this particular case feels over worked to the point it feels like a bad store generic name. Try again.
Re: Aunt Jemima gets its new name - Yoyodyne ArtWorks - 02-11-2021
“I don’t mind if you call me ‘honky,’ therefore you can’t object if I call you ‘n****r.’”
White Privilege, the gift that keeps on giving...
Re: Aunt Jemima gets its new name - testcase - 02-11-2021
Ain't yo mama.....?