https://freerepublic.com/tag/aintjemima/ en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:14:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3933216/posts Aunt Jemima is making her last batch of pancakes. Quaker Oats said Tuesday that its Aunt Jemima brand pancake mix and syrup will be renamed Pearl Milling Company. Aunt Jemima products will continue to be sold until June, when the packaging will officially change over. Quaker Oats, a division of PepsiCo Inc., had announced last June that it would retire the Aunt Jemima brand, saying the character’s origins are “based on a racial stereotype.” A former slave, Nancy Green, became the first face of the pancake products in 1890. Quaker Oats bought the Aunt Jemima brand in 1925 and had... https://citizenfreepress.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3933216/posts#comment Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:14:59 GMT