Aunt Jemima Pancake Box

It is currently owned by the quaker oats company of chicago a subsidiary of pepsico. By 1915 it had become one of the most recognized brands in us history and changed us trademark law. The aunt jemima pancake mix debuted in 1889 the first ready mix.

Aunt jemima is a brand of pancake mix syrup and other breakfast foods. The face of aunt jemima a smiling african american woman on a box of pancake mix bottle of syrup or many other breakfast items is a fairly ubiquitous part of american popular culture. The many faces of aunt jemima.

Pepsico is changing the name and marketing image of its aunt jemima pancake mix and syrup according. A box of aunt jemima pancake mix sits on a stovetop wednesday june 17 2020 in harrison n y. Quaker oats said in a statement that the longtime brand will remove the controversial image of aunt jemima from its line of maple syrups pancake mixes and other foods starting at the end of 2020.

One is scared. Decent white people are grappling really grappling with their role in a system that advantages them by grinding down the rest of us. But aunt jemima is off the pancake box.

For years the smiling image of aunt jemima found on pancake mix syrup bottles and breakfast food boxes nationwide has courted controversy for its racist history. But aunt jemima is off the pancake box and decent white people are grappling really grappling with their role in a system that advantages them by grinding down the rest of us. It s right there on the f king label.

Meanwhile another user shared how the f k did a lot of y all go through life not knowing the origins or at least the image of aunt jemima was born from slavery. Just looking at a box of aunt jemima pancake mix you can sense the racial undertones wrote one. Butterworth and rastus from cream of wheat may soon follow.

The aunt jemima name and image are being pulled from quaker oats famed pancake mix boxes but the basis for the original aunt jemima based on a kentucky native hasn t been pictured.