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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?

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.

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."

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.

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?

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.