The statement comes in the wake of pepsico pulling the logo and brand of its aunt jemima pancake mixes and syrup which portrays a stereotype of a black woman working as a servant or nanny to a. Jemima syrup original flavor bottle with pancake mix retired. 50 00 15 00 shipping.
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Green was born into slavery in 1836 and as the timeline indicated she was contracted by the company to appear at the 1893 world s fair in chicago as the character. Notably that entry s title was nancy green the original aunt jemima and it described green s life before and after she became known as aunt jemima. In the weeks.
In june 2020 the quaker oats company announced it would rename its aunt jemima line of syrups and pancake mix due to the brand s historical connections to racial stereotypes. Butterworth s and cream of wheat announcing. Corporate mascots with racist origins have been dropping like flies over the last two days with food brands like aunt jemima uncle ben s mrs.
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. Quaker oats is retiring the more than 130 year old aunt jemima brand and logo acknowledging its origins are based on a racial stereotype.
