Not happy: Family Members of women who portrayed Aunt Jemima react to her cancellation by Quaker Oats

Hotair ^ | 06/21/2020 | Karen Townsend

[funfan]

I am glad the family is speaking out so ridiculous.

[Maudeen]

I just checked . . .no Aunt Jemima in the cupboard. But I won’t be buying Quaker Oats again after I finish the steel oats. I really soured on the company when they dropped the coffee cake that my mother and I absolutely loved.

[eyedigress]

They have been “Black Lives Mattered”. Oh Well

[lightman]

Her black life no longer matters.

Alas.

We need to see a NICE black face in place of the ugly mobs.

[PallMal]

Well, I predicted this had to happen.

[Pontiac]

How do you think I feel as a black man sitting here telling you about my family history they’re trying to erase?”

Well, shut up buddy.

Your betters have decided that your family history is all about racist exploitation of a racial stereotype.

Don’t get in the way of the agenda or they will hurt you.

[BradyLS]

The cynic in me wants to know: is a steady check no longer being cut?

[House Atreides]

“...All of this canceling of iconic marketing symbols is to ease liberal white guilt, as Mr. Evans points out...”
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No it wasn’t! It was done to avoid or at least minimize the company becoming a TARGET of blacks searching for racism.

PS, I’m glad you failed in your stupid three billion dollar lawsuit, Mr. Evans, Good riddance to Aunt Jemima.

[CJ Wolf]

yep you did.

[BradyLS]

No. There was no check being cut. Evans filed a suit asking for money for Quaker having used her likeness. But I imagine any royalty or fee was paid out or the issue settled long ago.

[Fiddlstix]

This “BLM” campaign has gone from just silly to full blown insanity

[bluejean]

So you can’t be proactive. You have to wait until the BLM goons find you and try to destroy you first. Got it.

[Zack Attack]

Can we just replace Aunt Jemima with Aunt Bea from Mayberry since having a kind black woman on the bottle upsets them so much?

[Fester Chugabrew]

I would look for an opportunity to restart the product, brand name and all, from the ground up, under a company that is not afraid of current cultural trends. If Quaker Oats gives up the name, then the rightful inventor ought to be able to take it up again. Don’t be a door mat for these weirdos.

[piasa]

I think Aunt Bea was a communist so even Antifa might agred with that.

[TChad]

Babylon Bee:

Activists Fight Racism By Driving All People Of Color Out Of Pop Culture

https://babylonbee.com/news/activists-fight-racism-by-making-sure-pop-culture-depicts-only-white-people

[mass55th]

They’re tossing her out like an old used rag just to virtue signal to a group of whiners, and destroyers of history, who will just find something else to whine about.

[867V309]

pretty sure Aunt Jemima's ancestors were black.         what do they matter?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

What in the world is racist about Aunt Jemima? To me, her image glows with friendliness and hospitality. Who couldn't enjoy that?