Here’s the Board of Directors of Quaker Oats, owner of Aunt Jemima. See if you can detect a pattern here. I know it is hard to see, but try hard:
William G. Barker III
Born: c. 1959
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Executive summary: CFO of Sun-Times Media Group
David L. Beré
Born: c. 1953
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Executive summary: Interim CEO of Dollar General
Michael J. Callahan
Born: c. 1938
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Executive summary: CEO of Material Sciences, 2003-04
Janet K. Cooper
Born: c. 1953
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Executive summary: Senior VP and Treasurer of Qwest
Philip A. Marineau
Born: c. 1946
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Executive summary: CEO of Levi Strauss, 1999-2006
Patricia B. Morrison
Born: c. 1959
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Executive summary: CIO of Motorola
Robert S. Morrison
Born: c. 1941
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Executive summary: Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 2003-05
Military service: USMC (1963-67, to Capt., Vietnam War)
William D. Smithburg
Born: 9-Jul-1938
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Party Affiliation: Republican
Executive summary: CEO of Quaker Oats, 1981-97
Nice work!