Aunt Jemima's Great-Grandson Is Furious That Her Legacy Is Being Erased

Tell Me Now ^ | June 18 | James Conrad

[Aspald]

Yesterday, we reported that Quaker Foods caved to calls to "cancel" Aunt Jemima, and that the brand will be renamed. Now, the great-grandson of the real Aunt Jemima, Anna Short Harrington, is speaking out to express his anger and disappointment that her legacy is being erased. 

[nicollo]

Read on:

Evans, a 66 year-old veteran of the U.S. Marines who lives on disability, said that Quaker Foods also used Harrington’s pancake recipe. Her descendants tried to sue the company for $3 billion for not paying them royalties in 2014, but they lost the case.

Evans Doubles Down
Evans said that Quaker Foods should admit that they profited off images of slavery as well as the likenesses of Green and Harrington, rather than erasing them from shelves completely.

[Calvin Locke]

I’m guessing whether or not the public likes the brand image, the big grocery chains will knuckle, and not carry said brands.

A Philadelphian, Edward Coon, invented a cheese that’s popular in Australia. And named after him and/or the process.

[jurroppi1]

What about the Nestle toll House commercial with pearl Bailey in it? I loved that commercial.

Momma’s cookin’ up them Nestle tollhouse cookies, the lumpy-bumpy best!

[Alberta's Child]

It sure would save the trouble of having to go around the grocery store and turn a certain bunch of boxes and packages around. :-P

[Jamestown1630]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIoikXsrpk

(I love the way Anthony says the word ‘aunt’. I think he’s a born and bred Virginian - he speaks just as my Father and Grandmother did.)

[Jamestown1630]

Then they would say that we were ignoring the Black History behind the brands.

You can’t win. Just give up, and cower.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Quaker and the others are just hoping the Marxists nationalize them last.

A commenter on another site today expressed his extreme disappointment that the people who are on “our side” are not really on our side. We always get betrayed, but the other side never seems to. It occurred to me that the reason for that is that other side exacts a heavy price for betrayal - and no more access to the trough of campaign contributions and bribes. Instead, we take our traitors and elect them to higher offices.

[McGavin999]

Loved that. I grew up with the original beautiful face and I still smile every time I see her. When it came out of the cupboard we knew we were in for a treat. I really don’t know what they think they are doing.

[Jamestown1630]

My brother and I grew up with a Black nanny (this would have been the mid to late 1950s to early 1960s). She was a wonderful, loving woman who really understood little kids - we still reminisce about the fun times we had with her.

She wasn’t a Nanny because she couldn’t do anything else- it was just the right job, at that time in her life.

After her time of being a ‘nanny’ was over, she went on to head an entire department at a local hospital. But she and her husband still came back to see us.

There have been many bonds like this between Black and White - and there were even those bonds in the Old South.

As far as I know from our anecdotal history, back in the late 1800’s my paternal family retained one ‘slave’, after the War. Rosa didn’t want to leave the home (as many slaves didn’t). She lived as a paid domestic - formally - but actually as a member of the family, for the rest of her life.

(These are the kinds of stories that nobody wants to hear, today. People now aren’t interested in stories about real humanity. They just insist upon being *angry*, and watching civilization burn.)

[Amberdawn]

Never give up or cower. Smack them in the face with it.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Ooooh I am soooo triggered! A black man on BBQ sauce!

Arrrrgghhh let's overturn some cars and s--t bruh!

[Jamestown1630]

I think I’ve only ‘smacked’ someone once in my life.

In the days before feminism and an overly-litigious society, women could ‘smack’ nasty men who took inappropriate liberties with them - and the men got the message, and society stood behind the women.

I don’t think ‘smacking’ is appropriate in many other situations - and probably in none, today. Women have made themselves into helpless little girls who run to *Authority* when a man gets to being what we used to call ‘fresh’.

[Amberdawn]

I agree, but I’m referring to pushing it into the left’s faces in order to show them they can’t win. For every stupid thing they demand, we should only agree if it strengthens our position.

[Jamestown1630]

How do you plan - specifically - to do that?

[ozarkgirl]

Good for him!

[Rockingham]

The new brand name should be something like “Nancy Green's Famous Pancake Mix,” which would honor the first Aunt Jemima corporate icon who had a key role in establishing the brand. Born into slavery, after the Civil War, Nancy Green became a superb cook and was widely liked for her cheerful personality. She was a natural choice to play Aunt Jemima and was well-compensated for the role, enough so that she became a generous philanthropist. Notably, a Black history organization, The African American Registry, has proposed just such a re-branding to do justice to Nancy Green.

[kearnyirish2]

I was a pioneer in fighting racial stereotypes!

[Alberta's Child]

LMAO.