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Topic	Aunt Jemima is getting cancelled on social media
Kastrada 06/17/20 2:00:53 AM #78:	Webmaster4531 posted... Like I said in the other topic, it's possible there's more black people who are fine with it than find it offensive. With the Land o' Lakes girl I could see how a native American would be pissed off with how their Land of lakes isn't their land. You don't get an obvious slap in the face like that with Aunt Jemima. A kid will just think "oh she's a member of my family". I'm not too attached if they do change the name but meh. The character came from a minstrel show and for decades the company hired actresses to travel the US feeding pancakes to white people and the slogans were written in incorrect English. This isn't a spokesperson or character who happens to be black. Her race was central to her identity for all the wrong reasons (subservient, uneducated post-Civil War black woman). --- PoW '09 Topic of the Year Co-Winners (Rada and Texy) FFD <cite>Kastrada posted [p:940791873] in Aunt Jemim... [t:78777401]...</cite> <quote>Webmaster4531 posted... </cite> <quote>Like I said in the other topic, it's possible there's more black people who are fine with it than find it offensive. With the Land o' Lakes girl I could see how a native American would be pissed off with how their Land of lakes isn't their land. You don't get an obvious slap in the face like that with Aunt Jemima. A kid will just think "oh she's a member of my family". I'm not too attached if they do change the name but meh.</quote> The character came from a minstrel show and for decades the company hired actresses to travel the US feeding pancakes to white people and the slogans were written in incorrect English. This isn't a spokesperson or character who happens to be black. Her race was central to her identity for all the wrong reasons (subservient, uneducated post-Civil War black woman). --- PoW '09 Topic of the Year Co-Winners (Rada and Texy) FFD</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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