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Dr. Condoleeza Rice is Aunt Jemima
Free Republic Blogger ^ | November 18, 2004 | Calpernia

Posted on 11/18/2004 4:55:53 PM PST by Calpernia

is what was stated on a Madison, WI Radio Talk Show today.

If she is being categorized as today's Aunt Jemima, this is great!

Aunt Jemima is remembered with love and respect. Her role was a powerful one.

Nancy Green, Rosie Lee Moore, Lillian Richard and many others who portrayed this image created an endearing and enduring icon. These women held jobs with high profile positions and traveled with expense accounts as celebrities in a time when women didn't hold high profile positions.

These women were also historians. The character of Aunt Jemima was more than and advertisement for pancakes, it was history that shouldn't be stifled. With Aunt Jemima came the stories of life on a plantation and the Civil War. These stories were portrayed through women who accomplished and achieved beyond the limiting opportunities of that time period.

The use of Aunt Jemima as a marketing campaign was brilliant for 40 years ago and should be remembered fondly. But as an icon for today, the icon is very limiting.

Recognizing Dr. Condoleezza Rice as the new Aunt Jemima is brilliant. Now young girls have an icon to look up to with no limits.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; History; Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: achievements; auntjemima; condoleezarice; history; politics; propaganda; racism; rolemodels; stereotypes
I'm at a loss as to when Aunt Jemima became a racist slur. If the slur was birthed from Aunt Jemima representing slavery, well why the slur? That is history that should be embraced with pride of achievements. My grandmother was a slave. Her struggles are what brought us to our achievements of today. We are proud of our heritage.

Or are the slurs instilled due to the fact that Aunt Jemima was a woman that launched about a dozen women into success?

1 posted on 11/18/2004 4:55:54 PM PST by Calpernia
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To: Calpernia

But most importantly, when you buy Aunt J's syrup you aren't buying blue state Jeffords' Vermont syrup.


2 posted on 11/18/2004 5:10:12 PM PST by bayourod (Specter's litmus test : "No Christian Judges")
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To: Calpernia

I don't get it either. To me Aunt Jemima was like the universal Mom- warm strong loving..and sweet! lol
Seriously, brand images are chosen for a variety of reasons, but mostly because they make people feel good. Now maybe the liberals think that Aunt Jemima signifies the servant, rather than an accomplished woman who ran the house/kitchen and nobody cooks like her. But these are the same people who think "staying home and making cookies" is somehow mindless and demeaning. And, these same people don't see any significance in millions of Afghan women voting.
I'm not some sort of brilliant sociologist or expert on anything, but people shouldn't be belittled for not fulfilling someone elses idea of accomplishment. No matter what they might think of Dr. Rice's politics, she should be applauded for reaching a position of global importance and influence. Like I read in some blog the other day, America's face to the world was for 4 years a black man, and now will be a black woman for the next 4. I don't know about you, but I think that is phenominal, and something America as a whole should be proud of. The fact that a black woman was/is the symbol for family, warmth, and good cooking is also a point of pride. Like the fictional Italian grandmother on many Italian style packaged foods, sometimes a "stereotype" is actually a compliment.


3 posted on 11/18/2004 7:05:34 PM PST by visualops (Freedom is worth fighting for, dying for and standing for: the advance of freedom leads to peace-GWB)
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To: Calpernia
I found this which is interesting:

"In 1893, the Davis Milling Company aggressively began an all-out promotion of "Aunt Jemima" at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Green, as "Aunt Jemima" demonstrated the pancake mix and served thousands of pancakes. Green was a hit, friendly, a good storyteller, and a good cook. Her warm and appealing personality made her the ideal "Aunt Jemima" a living trademark. Her exhibition booth drew so many people that special policemen were assigned to keep the crowds moving. The Davis Milling Company received over 50,000 orders, and Fair officials awarded Nancy Green a medal and certificate for her showmanship.

She was proclaimed "Pancake Queen." She was signed to a lifetime contract and traveled on promotional tours all over the country. Flour sales were up all year and pancakes were no longer considered exclusively for breakfast. Nancy Green maintained this job until a car crash in Chicago killed her, on September 23, 1923. The Davis Company also ran into money problems, and the Quaker Oats Company purchased the Aunt Jemima Mills in 1925."

4 posted on 11/18/2004 7:09:55 PM PST by visualops (Freedom is worth fighting for, dying for and standing for: the advance of freedom leads to peace-GWB)
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To: visualops; Calpernia

"sometimes
a "stereotype" is actually a compliment."

I would add that the sterotype can also be the goal that we dream of, the promise that we hold out to our children.

The "If you work hard, you can grow up and be just like this person, this is America and you can be anything".


5 posted on 11/18/2004 7:25:05 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (On this day your Prayers are needed!!!!!!!)
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To: nw_arizona_granny

Exactly.


6 posted on 11/18/2004 7:31:03 PM PST by visualops (Freedom is worth fighting for, dying for and standing for: the advance of freedom leads to peace-GWB)
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To: Calpernia

Cal, I have to say it.

Today, the communist agenda is in full swing, therefore, if
you would have thought it was good 50 years ago, then you must think it is bad today.

There is to be no respect for the man of the house or the mother, only for the party leaders, such as hilary.

That said, even today, after over 60 years of shopping, I
look at Aunt Jemina and know that I will get quality, if I buy the product.

So you recall when Belafonte called Powell an Uncle Tom.

It is a slur, a put down.

What to do?

Design us an Aunt Jemima logo, pin or in someway make it a good thing.

Dr. Walter Williams will set in for Rush tomorrow, Friday, call him and ask what he has to say on the subject.

I won't be able to call, but will listen, always do as I love his shopping lists of what to buy the happy wife.

And his rules on how a wife should act.

Dr. Rice has worked hard and other than the fact that I have doubts that a woman is going to be taken seriously in the State Department, I would say if any woman can do the job it will be her.

Keep in mind that the State Department is considered to be full of communists/anti-war/anti-U.S. people. Imagine the shock when a new boss is someone who is smarter than most, not a communist and can talk to the President, at any moment.

Powell has made several statements against President Bush, that made me go " What in the hell is he up to?"

I noticed that the democrats had turned on the blacks about 6 years ago. When I asked one of the callers why, I didn't hear from him again. Guess he figured that if granny could figure that out all by her self, she would never convert to being a democrat.


7 posted on 11/18/2004 7:47:37 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (Today, please pray for God's miracle, we are not going to make it without him.)
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To: nw_arizona_granny

I heard Rice has an IQ of 180. True? Going to college at age 15 would lend credibility to such a claim.

Hillary Rodham Somebody was gushed over as the smartest woman in the world but she's Forrest Gump compared to Rice.

And she was supposed to be so accomplished but what has Hillary ever done? Apparently she was a pretty competent lawyer but otherwise she just rode her husband's coattails to a Senate seat.

Rice can play concert piano, ice skate, speak Russian and God knows what else. She was provost of Stanford. (Not exactly sure what a provost does, but it's high up there on the college food chain.)

And for all this she gets flaming a$$holes like Trudeau and Oliphant et al resorting to vicious racial slurs and stereotypes. The NAACP is suddenly concerned about "context" when it never mattered before. These jerks have tip-toed up to the precipice of flat-out calling her a n---er and they get a free ride. What a bunch of ankle-biting, brainless, race-baiting scum...


8 posted on 11/19/2004 12:58:40 PM PST by Zhangliqun (What are intellectuals for but to complexify the obvious?)
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To: Zhangliqun

Hillary Rodham Somebody was gushed over as the smartest woman in the world but she's Forrest Gump compared to Rice.
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This is EXACTLY why the left is demeaning her at every opportunity -- what the left has to offer, well, you will be lucky to find an IQ over 70, and certainly without a resume' that looks like that of Condi....Hillary, well hers is a blank piece of paper, with only political clout afforded her by the "coat tails" of the Dem Don.

The left is beside themselves...the roaches are running, and panicked in all directions --- they are so out-classed now it is an easy kill.

Go Condi -- you are an icon for America. Hillary, just go back to Arkansas where you belong.


9 posted on 11/22/2004 1:27:18 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: Calpernia

It became a slur when liberals needed an attack for black women who didn't know their place on the liberal plantation.

Its so weird, it feels like they're trying to erase my childhood. I remember Aunt Jemima fondly and with love.

I remember when I was real little, I kept expecting the bottle to really talk!

Maybe Aunt Jemima is racist because she's a postive role model?


10 posted on 11/22/2004 7:23:15 PM PST by Duke Nukum (When there is no room in Hell, the U.N. elect Bill Clinton as their president.)
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To: Duke Nukum

>>>Maybe Aunt Jemima is racist because she's a postive role model?

Bump!

And we need to take back our vocabulary! It was a positive role model. We need to embrace it to defuse the attack.

People like Condi Rice, Nancy Green, and whomever else need to be elevated. The liberal embraces of rapers and criminals need to be put in their place. At the bottom of the food chain.


11 posted on 11/22/2004 7:44:47 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia
The "liberals" know nothing about respect. They work through dividing people by race and class. Jealousy, lies and hate are their stock and trade. I do not think this country had half the hate or division when I was little and there was segregation. I remember going down south on a vacation and being shocked at the bubblers that said whites only but I also remember that people seem to get along with a form of respect and decency. Segregation was not right but I think there is a much worse kind if segregation being brought about by race baiters because it is full of hate. It would have been so much better if we got rid of both kinds of segregation, the kind in the public and the kind in the heart.
12 posted on 11/24/2004 3:09:46 AM PST by Bellflower (A NEW DAY IS COMING!)
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To: visualops
"To me Aunt Jemima was like the universal Mom- warm strong loving..and sweet!"

I would have said just that, but you did it quite well for me.

13 posted on 11/24/2004 4:33:39 AM PST by Bahbah
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To: Calpernia

Since my childhood, Aunt Jemina has always represented a warm and lovely emblem - a steady icon. If they want to liken Dr Rice to her - fine with me - a compliment to both in my book.


14 posted on 01/21/2005 5:40:03 AM PST by daybreakcoming
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To: daybreakcoming

Bump!


15 posted on 01/21/2005 6:37:26 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

"And we need to take back our vocabulary! It was a positive role model."

AND we need to take back a more appropriate COLOR--RED is for COMMUNISM and Green is for Stealth Communism. I think Blue works. Upset the applecart time! Changing my tagline now.


16 posted on 01/21/2005 7:05:04 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (AHEM Useful Idiots: YOU are the REDS. You and your Red-Stream Media. True America is BLUE.)
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To: Blurblogger

I will say, when I first heard about the Red/Blue voting categorizing, I was initially confused.


17 posted on 01/21/2005 7:10:13 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Zhangliqun
Zhangliqun, I think I can answer your question about provosts. I, up until the beginning of this month, was a college student (now, I'm a college graduate, yay!). Last semester, we got a new provost, who was identified in the school paper as overseeing academics at the school. They mentioned that he was in charge of determining which classes would be required to complete which degree. The job sounded like it took a fairly intelligent person to do.
18 posted on 01/21/2005 11:34:26 PM PST by newagepublius
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