They have killed off Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben is hiding in the cupboard !!! Quaker Foods to Rename 'Aunt Jemima,' Scrub Logo for 'Racial Equality'
Just the beginning. More, much more to come. Auntie has been around for 130 years. Time to change the logos, I see this as well ovedue. Same for Uncle Ben. What new logo? "Best Rice under the Rainbow".... That should work. Don't know if it will pander to enough special interest groups tho...
Stop the press ''Cracker Jack'' is taking the heat now ! Cracker Jack Changes Name To More Politically Correct Caucasian Jack
Used to be that our melting pot had spice to it. Going all bland, these days, it seems. Greyish soup is all that will be left at the rate things are going. And no matter how bland, the complaints will still bubble up, no one will be happy. Might as well open the borders and let the warlords take over and we can watch our representatives wring their hands in frustration for fear of offending someone by an action that some twit finds offensive.
Whatever happened to the good ol' saw of capitalism that corporations and business enterprises can do whatever they wish (within the law) that is in their best commercial interests? Man, some guys still want to keep coloured folk in their place...as jar labels and packaging logos. Such harrumphin' I have never se....what the heck...harrumphin' like this is the norm in this place.... Fear not....Uncle Toby's place on brand packaging is still secure (for the moment)... but then again he's gentry, enjoying white privilege....perhaps he will disappear too because Mrs Toby isn't getting equal billing...I'm surprised that feminists haven't objected to this egregious example of gender inequality! HARRUMPH!!!!
I just thought they were images no different than Betty Crocker or Little Debbie and not representative of slavery or subordination, but then I don't see things as black or white unless forced to do so. I just thought it was because black cooks rock. I suspect that in today's world if you didn't have black people as product logos you would also be accused of racism. Racist if you do and racist if you don't.
I remember eating pancakes at an Aunt Jemima restaurant on the south side of Chicago in the late '60's. There was a hostess who looked the part too. I remember the food was good.
I hope this is a joke??? White people that are not snowflake pieces of shit do not care if someone calls them a name. After 8 years of that worthless community organizer Obama (Zero) it is going to take way more then 2 Trump terms to turn this around.
Has to be. As well, it's an indication of reduced education. "Jack" is short for "jack tar" an old time word for sailor, specifically of sailing ships. It is said that to keep un barbered hair under control, tar was rubbed in. It is also said that the "bibs" on the back of sailors jumpers was to keep the tar off the rest of the uniform. Jack tars were NOT all white.
Yup. The Jack Tar's hairdo usually sported a short pony tail, all tarred or oiled up. It was called a "macassar". Macassar Oil was a hair product of the times. Antimacassars were the lace doilies ladies put across the backs of cloth covered chairs to keep the tar and oil off them when sailors came a-callin'. They got so decorative that the ladies would replace them with plain cloths to keep them from being spoiled. And put them back when the sailor left.
The Babylon Bee is a satire site. It's a lot like the onion, but it makes fun of everybody. A story next to a Trump takedown might be next to a Biden bash. So, all sides political, all sides religious, etc. It's all very well done and with a lot of humor and generally makes great points. I see their articles posted all the time by my "lefty" friends in social media. They are actually convinced that that Trump thinks he has done more for Christianity then Jesus based on one of their articles. I see that one posted all the time.