In june 2020 the quaker oats company announced that it would be re branding its aunt jemima line of products syrup pancake mix and other breakfast foods because the brand s origins. According to the company the brand has not progressed enough. Earlier this week quaker oats the parent company of aunt jemima the iconic pancake brand announced their intentions to rebrand.
Quaker foods announced the decision on wednesday amid. The aunt jemima pancake and syrup brand is changing its name and logo after 131 years due to the character s racist origins the company said. They allege the company that owned the brand made a promise to pay their great.
The descendants of a woman they say portrayed aunt jemima in the 1930s are suing quaker oats for 2 billion. Quaker oats used harrington s likeness on products and advertising and it sent her around the country to serve flapjacks dressed as aunt jemima the gig made her a national celebrity in 2014 evans filed a lawsuit against quaker oats for 3 billion considering they were not receiving any royalties. Also named in her statement to channel 45 was longtime quaker product spokesperson william henderson whose familiar likeness appears most famously on boxes of oats and various other.
In an exclusive interview with channel 45 news aunt jemima brown is now alleging that decades ago she was sexually harassed by uncle ben harris.
