R.I.P. Aunt Jemima!

[Hepcat]

R.I.P. Aunt Jemima 1889-2020. Though many of us still love you, the verdict of the mob is thumbs down.



I'll miss your products at the grocery store.

[Mike Scott]

See you and Uncle Ben in the "Are they seriously still using these old stereotype mascots" Hall of Fame! 

[Mord]

The Pillsbury Doughboy needs to go next. Stay Puft is getting tired of the comparison and the fat shaming.

[michblk]

They killed Mr Peanut.

[Kidagain]

Seems they added Mrs. Butterworth to the no more list.

[Hepcat]

Are Chef Boyardee's days numbered now as well? His offerings were a staple of my diet for decades.

[cushing]

I fear for this senorita!

[Monsters For Sale]

The Aunt Jemima image changed a number of times during the years, to reflect the sensitivities of the times.

Here was the smiling Aunt that I remember from the 1950's:



I've seen that same image in a TV commercial from 1959.  Don't know when she was dropped for the next iteration.

[Mike Scott]

The Aunt Jemima image changed a number of times during the years, to reflect the sensitivities of the times.

The white people's sensitivities.

[Hepcat]

Would the poor kindly old lady who happily served pancakes and syrup to so many generations of Americans (and Canadians too) have been so cruelly put out to pasture for being out of step with the times had she not been African-American? Does anybody have any insight into the prevailing attitudes and culture at the Quaker Oats Company? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Monsters For Sale]

...  Would the poor kindly old lady who happily served pancakes and syrup to so many generations of Americans (and Canadians too) have been so cruelly put out to pasture for being out of step with the times had she not been African-American? ... 

[Hepcat]

Betty Crocker looked best in 1986. Why did they change her appearance in 1996?