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<\/p>\nWe live in a time when things are changing very quickly. Often, those who complain about something as being unfair or out of the ordinary will quickly see things change on their behalf.<\/p>\n
That was the case with the Aunt Jemima brand, which was discontinued in 2020 because of the Black Lives Matter movement. When it was changed, there were many people who were thrilled with what happened but there were also those who were disappointed.<\/p>\n
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This included the great-grandson of \u2018Aunt Jemima\u2019 who was not very happy with the decision to change the name. He said that the family was also unhappy, stating that it would only serve to erase the suffering associated with black history.<\/p>\n
Larnell Evans Sr, a veteran of the US Marine Corps said: \u201cThis is an injustice for me and my family. This is part of my history.\u201d According to Evans, the company was charged with trying to abolish slavery after they had benefited from it for years.<\/p>\n
He went on to say: \u201cThe racism they talk about, using images from slavery, that comes from the other side \u2014 white people. This company profits off images of our slavery. And their answer is to erase my great-grandmother\u2019s history. A black female. \u2026 It hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n
The black lady on the Aunt Jemima brand emblem is a woman by the name of Nancy Greene. She was at one time an enslaved woman, but Quaker Oats is now ready to permanently pull her picture from the packaging.<\/p>\n
Quaker referred to Green as being a \u201cstoryteller, cook, and missionary worker\u201d as a woman who was born into slavery.<\/p>\n
She was contracted to serve pancakes at the Chicago\u2019s World Fair in 1893. That is the first time that the brand name for it Jemima was used.<\/p>\n
A representative for Quaker Oats, Anna Short Harrington decided to name her Aunt Jemima after she passed away in 1923. Harrington was serving the pancakes at the state fair. According to Larnell Evans, she was his great-grandmother.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cShe worked for that Quaker Oats for 20 years. She traveled all the way around the United States and Canada making pancakes as Aunt Jemima for them.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis woman served all those people, and it was after slavery. She worked as Aunt Jemima. That was her job. \u2026 How do you think I feel as a black man sitting here telling you about my family history they\u2019re trying to erase?\u201d<\/p>\n
Evans does not like that they were able to capitalize on the racial stereotype and then remove it so quickly when it was not convenient to maintain it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many white people were raised looking at characters like Aunt Jemima at breakfast every morning? How many white corporations made all the profits, and didn\u2019t give us a dime?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re just going to erase history like it didn\u2019t happen? \u2026 They\u2019re not going to give us nothing? What gives them the right?\u201d<\/p>\n
I guess it\u2019s true, there are two sides to every story.<\/p>\n