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Pepsico the parent company that makes and sells aunt jemima brand syrup and pancake batter decided to discontinue the aunt jemima product line because the name and imagery is based on racist stereotypes.
Aunt candace syrup meme. She will destroy the joy of breakfast forever. Surpasses 4 million covid 19 cases. Aunt jemina and uncle ben aren t just racist symbols they flatten culture for white consumption katherine hu 6 17 2020 u s.
We recognize aunt jemima s origins are based on a racial stereotype kristin kroepfl vice president and chief marketing officer of quaker foods north america said in. The left claimed another cancel culture victim after quaker oats announced it would discontinue its aunt jemima pancake syrup brand to appease the black lives matter mob. Caption a meme or image make a gif make a chart make a demotivational flip through images.
Some people are all for the name with one twitter user saying soon to hit the shelves aunt karen syrup. But aunt jemima was based off off the white fantasy that black people would happily be white people s servants. The troubling history of this fictional figure is well documented coming straight out of a minstrel show but the companies making it were happy to sit by for the past 130 years and do.
This has made aunt jemima the subject of criticism over the last century due its racist depiction of black people. Its logo and name a black woman named aunt jemima is based minstrel shows from the reconstruction era and the mammy stereotype. Aunt jemima was a brand of pancake mix syrup and other breakfast foods.
The syrup brand says it recognizes it is based on a racist stereotype quaker oats announced wednesday that its aunt jemima brand of maple syrup and pancake mix will finally be ditching its logo and changing its name admitting that the 130 year old brand has racist origins. Owned by the quaker oats company aunt jemima first appeared in the late 1800s. Aunt jemima syrup and pancake mix which was founded in 1889 has been using a image and look rooted in stereotypes that harken back to slavery.
That phrase aunt karen has exploded online as a result of pepsi co s statement and the responses have been all over the board. She was just a clear plastic syrup bottle before some silly goose pointed out that the syrup inside was brown.
