Aunt Jemima

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Pancakes, food history, racist food history, Aunt Jemima, theGrio.com
February 19, 2023
Love pancakes? Their history spans continents, eras, and even Aunt Jemima, but the best pancakes have always been homemade.
February 10, 2021
Call it her retirement: PepsiCo has changed the historic pancake mix and syrup brand Aunt Jemima into a new one…
Uncle Ben's Ben's Originals thegrio.com
September 23, 2020
Uncle Ben's Rice will be changing the name of the product to Ben's Original and creating scholarships for Black chefs.
Presgraves Luray Virginia Aunt Jemima thegrio.com
August 13, 2020
The mayor of Luray, Virginia is urged to step down after likening vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris to Aunt Jemima.
June 19, 2020
The great-grandson of the woman who played Aunt Jemima has slammed Quaker Oats’ decision to change its packaging after outcry…
June 17, 2020
Quaker is changing the name of their pancake brand, Aunt Jemima, acknowledging the brand was based on a racial stereotype.
South Atlanta high school thegro.com
January 1, 2019
A Black English teacher in Commack, a Long Island claims she endured years of racial discrimination at the workplace from…
Lexi Carter thegrio.com
July 14, 2018
A black woman in Tennessee is outraged after her white doctor repeatedly mocked and referred to her as “Aunt Jemima”…
October 8, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Descendants of black women who appeared as Aunt Jemima have filed a lawsuit against Quaker Oats, saying…
March 3, 2014
OPINION - Lupita Nyongo has slayed stereotypes, not only about the beauty of dark African skin, but intelligence and femininity…
October 12, 2012
Alongside a hand-knitted tea cozy, consumers can also purchase Black Sambo ashtrays and Aunt Jemima cookie jars using the e-commerce…
June 20, 2012
SLIDESHOW - theGrio takes a look at the many notably African-American commercial icons over the years...
January 28, 2010
VIDEO - Fliers comparing Chicago Alderwoman Toni Preckwinkle to Aunt Jemima are being distributed in the South Side...
December 2, 2009
CLEVELAND (AP) -- An African-American newspaper in Cleveland published an editorial cartoon that portrayed a black lawmaker as Aunt Jemima,…