Current Events > Aunt Jemima is getting cancelled on social media

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Vyrulisse posted...

Aldi Brand stuff is usually better than name brand and that's a fact.

As a European who grew up on Aldi, your fact is false. A great deal of their products are made in the same factories as the name brand products, often using the exact same ingredients and compositions.

"Aldi brand stuff is usually exactly the same than name brand at a lesser price and that is an actual fact"

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soulunison2 posted...

i haven't had premixed pancake batter in years, partly because of how uncomfortable I was with aunt jemima

Is this sarcasm? I cant tell in this day and age

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CryoForceOmelet posted...

Yes, because people weren't willing to listen before.

Yeah...they still shouldn't be.

This stuff is getting predictable. You know how the video is going to end way before it actually does.

Oh, well, I liked the taste of that syrup, but I cant remember the last time I had their pancakes. If shes going to throw out her own groceries, thats her right

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And she's gone. https://news.yahoo.com/aunt-jemima-remove-image-packaging-110446245.html

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Number090684 posted...

What about Mr. Clean?

Mr. Clean is a beacon of the asexual community and I will not hear a word against his purity.

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Mr. Clean might look like a neo nazi with his bald head so he'll be next.

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So how long until people bitch "Now there's not many black people on products!?"

Cheater87 posted...

Mr. Clean might look like a neo nazi with his bald head so he'll be next.

He's not a Neo Nazi though. He just plucks every hair from his body to be clean.

The exception, of course, is his eyebrows because they help keep his eyes clean.

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i hope when i die i can be reincarnated as her toilet seat

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I hope they replace her with the Quaker Oats guy.

Cheater87 posted...

Mr. Clean might look like a neo nazi with his bald head so he'll be next.

He's also a ghost!

CloudThunder posted...

do you people complaining understand that aunt jemima is in fact VERY RACIST?im surprised its even still called that......

I think everyone gets that.

The question is...who seriously cares? It's a picture on a bottle of syrup. Whether it stays or goes, nobody's life is affected in any meaningful way.

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"Phyllis is our Mrs. Buttersworth. Kind of like a less-urban Aunt Jemima"

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Lol at the racists defending this

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Shouldn't we get rid of the 130yo Quaker Oats image too? It's just as stereotypical as Auntie Jemima. As a distant descendant of Massachusetts Quakers, I'm deeply offended by this grinning oaf.
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Aldi's:


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Replace black Aunt Jemima with white Aunt Karen. Im sure that would be the last wed hear about it from SJWs.

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This is pretty sad. As a kid, and even as an adult, I never looked at that label and thought something bad about black people. Or that the label made me look down on a black person. If anything, it was a positive thing to see for me. I would have never dreamed to look at that and think something bad about a black person

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It's madE worse in that the eyes and lips appear unchanged between interpretations.

By the way, what the hell is she saying in the old advertisement? Lawsee? That's not "Lordy." Is it "Ya'll see?"

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Cheater87 posted...

And she's gone. https://news.yahoo.com/aunt-jemima-remove-image-packaging-110446245.html

Good. Looks like Hashtag activism can work in getting these companies to remove these offensive logos. Wonder if Uncle Ben is next.

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FortuneCookie posted...

It's madE worse in that the eyes and lips appear unchanged between interpretations.

By the way, what the hell is she saying in the old advertisement? Lawsee? That's not "Lordy." Is it "Ya'll see?"

I believe it was her nonsense catchphrase. White executives thinking that's what black people sound like I would guess.

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Is Dumbo going to get remade also without the birds along with many other movies?

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Aint Yo mama.

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WrestlinFan posted...

Not only is that racist, it's terrifying.

"The sweet taste of my syrup comes from the souls of children."

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Ryan__Leaf posted...

Cancel culture is just getting silly. I can't fathom anyone sincerely being offended by a pancake box.

white people: i cant fathom racism affecting people

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Houston posted...

This is pretty sad. As a kid, and even as an adult, I never looked at that label and thought something bad about black people. Or that the label made me look down on a black person. If anything, it was a positive thing to see for me. I would have never dreamed to look at that and think something bad about a black person

And yet this isn't about what you get out of it.

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Forget aunt jemima, its bad for your health if you want to be fit

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pepsico-race-aunt-jemima-idUSKBN23O1V1

Uncle Ben could change also.

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Ryan__Leaf posted...

Cancel culture is just getting silly. I can't fathom anyone sincerely being offended by a pancake box.

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein.

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mustachedmystic posted...

Even as a stupid kid, I knew what that bottle was. Did they cancel Uncle Ben yet?

Used to be straight up called Plantation Rice.

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I looked into Aunt Jemima a few months ago before the blow up on Twitter to see if it was black owned, but found out it wasn't. I'm not sure if it's exactly fair to hold a company down for it's origins though. A simple fix would be to just change the name.

However, I'll gladly take a history lesson from the lady in the tiktok. My goodness is she blessed.

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Can't even eat pancakes anymore with certain syrup brands? Shits getting weirder every single day.

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Not throwing away my mix. Instead, will put it in a plastic bowl with lid, and throw away the box.
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QueenCarly posted...

And yet this isn't about what you get out of it.

If millions of kids of all races looked at it and saw a "nice lady" and nothing else, are we really making the world better be telling them "no, dumb dumbs, you should look at her and see racism"

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ssk9716757 posted...

white people: i cant fathom racism affecting people

When was the last time Aunt Jemima affected anybody?

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Uh I guess that racism is over, guys.

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Uncle Ben is gone too...and Mrs. Butterworth.

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Fony posted...

Used to be straight up called Plantation Rice.

WTF, is that true?

~It probably is....Jesus Christ.
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I always thought Mrs. Butterworth was just a Grandma image.


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Yeah, I understand the other ones, but Mrs. Butterworth was a surprise to me. I never saw her as any particular race, just a matronly figure making pancakes.

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pegusus123456 posted...

Yeah, I understand the other ones, but Mrs. Butterworth was a surprise to me. I never saw her as any particular race, just a matronly figure making pancakes.

Doesn't matter, the left says its racist so it has to go

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You easily can make your own pancake mix from scratch, which tastes superior to all these brands anyway

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karlpilkington4 posted...

You easily can make your own pancake mix from scratch, which tastes superior to all these brands anyway

This, who does not do this for really good pancakes.

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You know this advertising stuff goes for every race, not just black? However didn't know about the pancakes.

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At least the Sun-Maid girl is cute.

And the Tapatio guy looks kind of silly.

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bump

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Of course, no one asked for this, so I dont know what they are achieving.

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