The world knew her as "Aunt Jemima," but her given name was Nancy Green and she was a true American success story. Born a slave in 1834 Montgomery County, KY, she became a wealthy superstar in the advertising world, as its first living trademark. While in Kentucky, Green was employed by Charles Walker, then an attorney and later a distinguished Circuit Judge. She moved with the family to Chicago just after the Great Fire in 1872. Walker heard that a friend was looking for a model for the Aunt Jemima character, and he suggested Green who, by that time, had served the family for many years. She was instantly recognized with the characteristics the guy was looking for... charisma, humor, and a fantastic cook. Green was 56-yrs old when she was selected as spokesperson for the new ready-mixed, self-rising pancake flour and made her public debut in 1893 at the World’s Fair in Chicago. She demonstrated the pancake mix while serving up thousands of pancakes... and became an immediate star. She was a wonderful storyteller, her personality was warm and appealing, and her showmanship was exceptional. Her exhibition booth drew so many people that special security personnel were assigned to keep the crowds moving. Nancy Green was signed to a lifetime contract, traveled on promotional tours all over the country, and was extremely well paid. Her financial freedom and stature as a national spokesperson enabled her to become a philanthropist, a leading advocate against poverty, and a fighter for equal rights. She maintained her job until her death in 1923, at age 89, after becoming one of America’s first black millionaires. This was a remarkable woman... and she has just been ERASED by politically correct liberal bedwetters.
Nancy Green was born into slavery. When freed, she parlayed her magnificent cooking talent into something marketable. When she died in the 20’s, she was the first black female millionaire. Seems to me, she is someone to be admired.
You are all kinds of confused. You’ve got your Nancy Green all up in your Madam C.J. Walker. You also don’t understand that celebrating Nancy Green’s talents doesn’t have to mean celebrating a company that used her image to sell racist stereotypes that gave white people that all-over cozy mammy something special. Nancy Green’s legacy is safe. We have these cool things called books that tell her story much better than a bottle of syrup that’s about four models removed from her, anyway. Nothing’s being given up here but white shenanigans.
As a child Aunt Jemima represented everything warm and wonderful. I didn’t see race. I saw a loving “aunt “ that would make me feel safe and loved. I loved her face and I loved her. If you are going to go back into history to find things to get angry about, it will never end, for any people any where in the world.
My reply to everyone these days, "...it will never be enough." The reason? It's not as simple as we think. And, black and white people alike aren't going to like what comes about, if it goes to completion. YoungRippa59 here on youtube is interesting. On Instagram, david j harris jr, the officer tatum, the hodge twins
Nancy Green signed a lifetime contract and had a very successful career until she was 89. She was also an advocate for those living in poverty and for equal rights. Americans should honor as a very successful woman and not be forgotten. She should remembered and honored not canceled. Please, lets remember all of our culture and not remove it because it is not fair for woman like Nancy Green who contributed so much,
Thanks for the video! I always imagined Aunt Jamima as grandma who just wants the kids to be happy and enjoy her famous pancakes. Just bought some today as final tribute to Aunt Jamima.
They won't come back from this one. There's no way you can reinvent an entire brand after over 100 years and expect people to remain loyal to it. My question is, in all seriousness, is Mrs Butterworth any type of questionable ethnicity? I personally never had any problem with Aunt Jemima, or Uncle Ben, or the Land O Lakes girl, or the girl on the raisin box. I like seeing familiar faces. They truly felt like family. I did not view them offensively. I still do not.
You probably never found it offensive because you're either lowkey bigoted or probably don't know that the images of Uncle Ben and the earlier faces of real people and caricatures of Aunt Jemima were meant to remind white supremacists about the "good ole days" of black servitude and that Quaker Oats used Nancy Green to romanticize and create an entirely false positive narrative about what enslaved black people went through.
@@MariahTheElusiveSongbird 'www.mediapost.com/publications/article/352806/families-of-women-who-portrayed-aunt-jemima-object.html' You literally took money from your own on this one..
@@draconite420 Thank you for that link, I didn't look too deeply into it because it gave me such a headache knowing I would have to deal with people like this. They are the reason we can't have nice things.
The original "Aunt Jemima", Nancy Green, was a civil and women's rights activist. Were you trying to get rid of the memory of her legacy, too? ua-cam.com/video/b9hmk1fNvl0/v-deo.html
Nancy Green was an ex-slave that became a popular model and eventually a spokeswoman for the product with a life-time lucrative contract. She not only spoke for things she loved but actually did what she could to help the poor and promote civil rights. To say that her slave past was promoted then showing a clip of an ad where the actors are saying that the recipe "was passed down from generation to generation" is a lie. That would imply that her family had been slaves for many generations - no basis in fact. Nancy Green aka Aunt Jemima, was a wonderful person that should be looked up to by any race, not lied about.
The original Ronald MacDonald was also portrayed by a human... same with Santa Clause... that doesn't mean Santa Clause and Ronald MacDonald are real people.
Growing up, I was always happy to see Aunt Jamaima's face on pancake mix and syrup. As a little white boy, I didn't see a black woman in servitude to white people. I saw a motherly black woman wanting to make sure every child got fed. If evil is all you look for, evil is all you shall find.
@@sajeanpoe4620 honestly I don't see how the new logo is racist the old one definitely is, since it was made to look like a racist stereotype of a mammy doll. But the new one is just a black woman smiling, nothing racist about that.
When I was a silly young boy, my Mom was cooking up some pancakes from--yeah, you guessed it. Me, being innocent, was looking at the woman on the package, and I quipped, "Momma, you remind me of the Aunt Jemima lady on the box." I thought I was paying a compliment. My mother's mid spatula-holding-hand, and stern look, told me otherwise. I also never saw another box of Aunt Jemima pancake mix in our house again. As I got older, and truly listened, learned, and understood-- I knew and respected my mother's silent disapproval of my statement.
Jose Carranza or maybe she was a black woman, and didn’t want to be told she was like a caricature of a subservient mammy who’s entire world revolves around serving the needs of a white family, while pretending to be happy for it.
today is not yesterday and I’m not telling anyone what to do. Yet you sound like you love getting into people’s “kitchens” and telling them what to eat. Get back to your own kitchen and enjoy whatever the hell you’d like to eat.
@@madarauchiha4203 Why is your goofy ass trying to defend a racist caricature? What was the point in you even coming here if you weren't going to take anything from this video?
All these people in the comments saying that "removing the image and changing the name will somehow tarnish the accomplishments of Nancy Green", yet none of you are suggesting changing the name to Nancy Green's Pancake Syrup, are you? Wanting to keep it as "Aunt Jemima's" when her name was never Jemima seems a bit indicative of desires beyond simply wanting to maintain history for the sake of people who did good things in life.
@@carsonthorpe6696 there's definitely a middle ground. the problem is both sides want to have it their way or no way. So basically the company is choosing the safest route by siding with the people who could potentially hurt them financially if they were to choose otherwise. I live in Europe, and I don't follow politics, but I noticed this story on google. I think it's a perfect example of bullying. People are indirectly forcing this company to change a logo because it is considered offensive? Why? It's a logo. Aren't there more important things to worry about? I'm for racial equality, but changing a logo will upset the wrong people (the racists) and only make things worse. America must find that middle ground.
I felt lucky when I was a kid and had Aunt Jemina or Mrs Butterworth because we were poor. Most syrupy I ever ate was generic brand. I'm 43 years old now. Leave my childhood alone. If this is evolving then why is the woman in the video holding up her fist? The fist held up representing black power and black supremacist. If white supremacy is bad isn't black supremacy or any supremacy bad?
I did. I always thought of Aunt Jemima the same way I thought of my Italian aunts and grandmothers: nice ladies that liked to cook for people. Nothing racist or offensive to any nationality or race.
It’s so funny how this video BEEN posted. But now somebody posted in on Instagram /TikTok and now the company is under heat. I guess it pays to have an audience watching. But give credit where it’s DUE.
Its literally a racist logo thats been modernized. Why not get rid of it and leave it in the past?? Its a step forward. YOURE the one seeing it in a negative light.
@@unknownukht7848 enough with this "negative light" bullshit everyone can be either of the two on either side of the table. But yes i do believe they should change the logo but in a way that they give Nancy green the credit like they should and maybe even get a photo of her on it instead?
Hi there. Firstly, I hope that you and yours are well and keeping safe during these uncertain times. Really nice job. The content was punchy whilst still having the weight to get across the sense of history and how that history has had a long term impact, still is impacting and will continue to do so until there is systemic change. The edit was great adding to a sense of urgency. I'm a UA-camr but not with anything like your following. I hope to learn from creators such as yourself. With content like this, I am sure to learn a great deal. From narrative to filming to editing, it was all first-rate and at a pace that demands attention. Thanks and all the best from the UK.
First Land O Lakes sent the Indian Princess(who was actually drawn by an Amerindian) to the reservation, but kept the land. Now Quaker is removing sweet Ms Jemima from her place on the front of syrup! What are they saying, that black's should not have a presence on their products? Now at one time, one could say that the image Ms Jemima had a racial stereotype when she wore a forward tied bandana and hoop earrings. But that image was changed to a much more positive image in the 80's. The current image looks like someone's nice grandmother. And I am sure that many black children grew up in the 90's and the 00's seeing the positive, and confident black woman gracefully smiling from the product of Aunt Jemima syrup. But even this nice image is now "racist", or so they are saying. In truth it is just all a reactionary game where manufacturers of goods are afraid that their product will no longer sell due to the outcries of the folly screaming, "Racist"!. It's a form of pandering in order to stay relevant. This is why companies like Wendy's and Apple still supports the BLM ridiculousness even after the mobocracy had torched their places of business. Its not because they really care, its about protecting their future sales and capitalizing on the moment. So in order to head-off the fringe, they annoy the actual buyers of their product, and create counter and confusing messages in their wake. The current riotous outrage you see played-out in the streets is brought to you by the following sponcers: Google/UA-cam, Apple, Land O Lakes, Wendy's, and just about every corporation out there. Cancel-culture is cancer.
You literally didn’t watch the video did you 😂 The aunt Jemima character was derived from racial stereotypes, it was popular to do so back then because everybody was fucking racist. But now that is not excepted in society, so it is necessary to change the racial stereotypes that were used for pass brands. Use your fucking head
@@daniellarkins3849 There was nothing racist with that box. Kids look at the label is a mother image and comfort food you stupid uneducated coddled snowflake
I know that when I was growing up in the 70's that "Aunt Jemima" wore a red headscarf... I didn't and don't think that it was a "representation" of servitude. My mother always wore a headscarf, a kerchief when she went out, except for in the summer time unless it was really windy...it was what women wore in her generation as well as the one before her's. My Mom is a "baby boomer - born in '54" my Grandmother also wore a kerchief and she was born ('33) and raised during the depression. Now I'm NOT saying that there's not also some racist or stereotyping implied when she was wearing the headscarf...(I didn't know that it was changed to no headscarf and pearls - when did that happen?) I'm just pointing out that back in the 50's, 60's, and 70's that it was the norm for women of any race in North America to wear a headscarf or kerchief when going out...to protect their hair styles. Again I'm not trying to take away from the absolute truth that there has been and still is racism in advertising...it's not right and needs to be pointed out when/where it is happening and Changed! In this day and age I'm definitely saddened that racism hasn't been eradicated! I was rasied with the beliefs that we don't choose who are parents are, or where in the world we are born. So we shouldn't be judging people on things that they didn't choose for themselves or have any control over. We should only be judging one another on our personalities, how we present ourselves, and interact with others, because that is the only thing we as individuals have control over! If everyone just treated others exactly how they want to be treated themselves, then the world would be a much better place. We are no longer just individual countries, or cities, communities. We are becoming a "global" community more and more every year, as this "pandemic" clearly illustrates. Yes we will always have our heritage and cultural identities, but we are also becoming something new...and hopefully something far better and greater.
Anna Harrington, one of the first billionaire black women in US history. Mother of five, single parent daughter of poor plantation farmers, she dies with millions, two homes, living in the richer part of Syracuse, New York. She was proud of being the face of Aunt Jemima.
Jesus. I didn’t know. I loved seeing aunt jamima being black. I looked at it like... like a good thing... as a kid i saw inclusion. Wondered why not more food was different cultures and colors.
Its horse shit in my opinion today its just a picture of a black woman and i doubt anyone looks at this product and goes "Hey lets buy this to feed into our hate for blacks" smfh
@naitethagr8 And sorry if i worded my last comment out .funny. I Meant to say the company doesn't condone racism any more things have changed and they have over the years changed the logo to satisfy the SJWs But apparently that isn't enough and they want the whole aunt jemima thing gone.
@naitethagr8 They do belong in the past but its not gonna completely go away unless you are looking for complete Martial law against racism but even then are we gonna take the consequences and the back lash of commiting to that? No, The black woman's name Nancy Green is the one that made the pancake mix, she was an Entrepreneur of the "Aunt Jemima" Business If you wanna learn more look up Nancy Green for yourself.
Using the terms "Aunt or Auntie" and "Uncle" at someone you are not familiar with is very disrectful. Those terms were used by whites who refused to address former slaves as "Miss, Mrs, Ma'am" or "Mr. or Sir"
In my culture it's considered respectful..Because your uncle is your mom's brother and your auntie is your dad's sister so in a way you give them the same level of respect as you would give your biological aunties and uncles
@@ccgb92 It's true. She didn't mention the faces of Aunt Jemima. They were the company's redemption. Research "Anna Short Harrington." She was Aunt Jemima from 1935 to 1955. She died a millionaire, one of the first among black women in American history. She was proud of the brand she represented. Nancy Green was the first Aunt Jemima. Born into slavery, she was offered the spokeswoman position in 1890. She used her career and earnings to advocate for racial and female equality in early 20th Century Chicago. She was also an advocate for the poor and worked in her free time with her local Baptist church for various antipoverty movements. She had a lifetime contract, living as the Aunt Jemima Mills Company Spokeswoman until her death in '23. Her character's likeness adorns her grave in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago. If Aunt Jemima goes, so too do the legacies of these women.
Crazy how you can watch a two minute video and find out why people might be upset about the branding if you didn't already know. Two minutes. All it takes.
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She left out the fact that another Aunt Jemima actress gained so much fame that her grave is considered a historical landmark. Actually she pretty much just left out all the good things. I don't know why I was expecting something positive from a girl with purple hair.
funny thing i actually put Aunt Jemima syrup on my waffles today for the first time in many years. I usually only eat maple syrup but my parents buy the rip off stuff so that's what there was today....anyway, i thought to myself "i wonder why the crazy people aren't attacking the Aunt Jemima brand for racism." and apparently they are. Goodbye Aunt Jemima, your syrup is the best cheap syrup i have had!
Although aunt jemima was black she made some great food, she also became a millionaire. And I’m sure she very proud of her likeness is on bottles of syrup. But if Quaker Oats want to remove her picture from syrup bottles then I for one would never buy Quaker Oats brand items.
1:33 I know the host is not a fan of Gone With the Wind but keep in mind that because of the movie, Hattie McDaniel became the first black woman to win an Oscar, so something positive came from it.
But the video left out some very import facts about the Lady Nancy Green and I guess you get that when you only spend two minutes learning history. It also cast Nancy Green as an Auntie Tommie .....she was a Community Activist and fought against poverty in the inner city, promoted equality, and started a church. She became a famous spokes person for the product after her demonstration at the World Fair. The crowds were so big that was was the talk of the event and won a Gold medal for her efforts. She also became a Multi Millionaire and left a positive history and a legacy of helping poor people reach their dreams. . Remember you can look at from more than one angle. What is important, and even you say it; Is that through the years you can see the change of attitudes in the American image of Black people through the advertisement logos used in the "Aunt Jemima" product......one thing I will have to point out in the video and this is because it was edited to fit the two minute narrative. The At 1:21 seconds Elexus tries to say that the next clip is a re-enforcement of Slavery and the recipe being passed down for centuries.... you will see two couples eating pancakes and the woman is asked , "what is the secret?" in the full commercial it actually shows the woman trying to pass the delicious tasting pancakes as homemade and done from scratch. I know because I remember this commercial. Full disclosure I have been told that I am a distant relative.
i love the syrup its so good! I've always thought of her as a grandma who makes syrup for her kids and grandkids, I've never thought it as racist I've just thought its delicious syrup, and it shouldn't be seen as racist. also how is *REMOVING* her from the syrup against racisim, shouldnt the act of removing her be racist itself?
Aunt Jemima syrup is racist hunny, sorry, not sorry. Aunt Jemima syrup was designed to give white people a sense of nostalgia for the good o'l days when black people knew their place and stayed subservient. What you think is irrelevant.
What I'm trying to understand is that many black people back then thought that the image of her in a head scarf/apron misinterpreted all black people, they didn't like that people view them as poor and slaving to white people. That is why the company rebranded to show her in a modern and elegant setting. But now people are saying that that change is ignoring the slaves who went through hell, when instead they were trying to promote a more equalized view of black people.
Wrong. Head wraps aren't viewed negatively in the black community. It goes all the way back to African roots and are a fashionable garment for black women as in Arab and east European cultures. She was a cook. And if you work in the kitchen like most cooks do today, you cover your hair🤷♂️. People who did these low-class jobs during that era were predominately black people. People who could not go and live, go to school wherever they wanted. Imagine yourself living in those times. And the makeover didn't happen until the 1980s. The brand made that decision, not the NAACP. The brand knew that the original image had racist connotations just like they do now. It was how Jemima came to be in the first place, not her makeover!
AJ was revolutionary for black people of her time in marketing... you don’t say that about your favorite music artist when they sign to a label.. so AJ “sold out” in today’s times but back then she broke barriers of integration.
Then it’s not Aunt Jemima. Besides if their going to trash the logo and the name there’s no brand. The just lost a whole gen who purchased this product because that’s what their family purchased when they were children. There’s really no other reason to buy it.
Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben made me uncomfortable as a child. As I became older and a history buff they made me angry. There also was a cartoon character called Bosco. As a child I had no idea what he was (e.g. was some kind of rat?). I later learned he was suppose to be a black man. I was angry that they tried to make me a racist. Unfortunately for them I knew what black people looked like Bosco failed to connect with me.
You mention GONEwtWIND, but don't forget the original b&w IMITATION OF LIFE, which plays the Aunt Jemima (here called "Aunt Delilah") story for laughs. And the White woman is supposed to be great, in spite of the fact that SHE NEVER PAYS HER BLACK MAID for her smilin' face making the White woman rich! WTF?🤔
@@williamjones4716 🤔 Every single thing you've just said is 110% *wrong* . _Gone with the Wind_ (as a novel and film) is ablatant *celebration* of the antebellum South, which includes slavery. And the stereotypical depictions of Black people created in the antebellum - honed by Vaudeville minstrel shows - lead to the use of stereotypical mascots like Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben. If your whitesplainin' ass wants to deny the blatant straight line from "A" to "B", then *you* are part of tge problem. Ta, troll.
Jemimah, along with her sisters, was described as the most beautiful women in the land. Also, unusually and in common with her sisters, Jemimah was granted an inheritance by her father, with her brothers as might have been expected (Job 42:15). Apart from these brief references at the end of the Book of Job, Jemimah is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible.
This is such important information regarding Aunt Jemima that I wish the Black children of today would read and understand and know why it was. This so derogatory to Black People because of the history of slaves and it's such a hurtful memory of how the USA would do a race of people so appallingly just keep them in control due to beating and killing of the blacks. I fully wanted Aunt Jemina's picture to stay on the box because of the history behind it also because of me looking for her pictures I've found out much more information than I expected.
I get out a box of Aunt Jemina Pancake mix. I put it on the counter. Then I sift a cup and a half of flower into a bowl. I add a teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder, tablespoon sugar (optional) and stir it. I create a gully in the dry mix and I pour 2 tablespoons of melted butter in the gully. I break one egg into the gully. I add 1 1/4 cup of milk and whisk immediately. Do not over beat. I let it sit for 10 minutes. I put the Aunt Jemina Pancake mix back in the cabinet, and cook my pancakes. For syrup I use pure maple syrup. If you like the taste of Aunt Jemina syrup, add a ton of corn syrup to the maple syrup you should be good.
Isn't it disrespectful to remove Nancy Grace from the face of that product brand? I would think she should be more celebrated since she is so well known for herself not the part she portrayed.
*My family taught me to tie my hair up when it is done. When I started wearing it too much this is what they would call me .. which I now find even more offensive .. also crazy to me because my mom was born in the 40s so she should’ve known the history behind calling me that. Smh*
My Mom had a collection of Jim Crow imagery...white people call it "Americana" now. She made us look at it to always remember how people were/are raised to look at us. Thank you for your video, for you have made a difference with it. The "Aunt Jemima" image and brand is finally going away, Quaker Oats/PepsiCo announced today. I remember when they finally took the headwrap away from the packaging and thought they had done enough, not caring about the very moniker, "Aunt", which was a dismissive, general name given to all older Black women ("Uncle" was the name called out to Black men), aside from, of course, the go-to N___r name. It is sad that it took George Floyd's murder to make that company finally accept their racism...every Black person hired there has a slam-dunk racial discrimination lawsuit just by walking into the building and seeing that Jim Crow brand on the wall.
@@missblink4611 it was better than having us think that everyone in the world would like us and treat us equally. When the discrimination inevitably occurred in our teenage years and beyond, we were prepared.
@@BloodwyrmWildheart yeah, and those who live in these modern times yet still defend Jim Crow's imagery & social status goals, such people apparently have a lot worse in their hearts than being "snowflakes"
I find it sad that they removed her. It would have been far better to update her as the CEO of the corporation. Give her a big shining glass corporate headquarters and have lots of white people working for her.
FYI - My “white” grandmother wore rags on her head until the 80’s. That was the times and culture. They probably didn't want to get their afro dirty because bathing daily wasn’t as common.
My daughter has been asking questions about Aunt Jemima. I came here for answers, but had to turn it off because of the angry tone towards white folks. The new generation doesn't need to be taught hate and anger. I hope you can find peace for the pain you feel.
Angry tone towards white people? I’m white as fuck and this whole video I felt nothing but disgust towards my ancestors for perpetuating this terrible stereotype. If you felt attacked by this video, you probably needed it.
@@foreverxo8693 actually I was reading up and researching the history of aunt jamima and came across your video. My grandmother had some sort of cast i suppose of aunt jamima for years when I was little. I being young always loved it and wanted it when she died. I never got it of course as someone else in the family took it. My question is knowing the disturbing history of the origination, is possessing casts and old memorabilia disrespectful to african American culture? I would not want to offend? Thanks so much
Put a White woman on there named Grandma Bruno. They’ll complain because a Black was replaced with a White. Or just put a Muslim woman on there and rename the brand STFU.
I see white women with died purple hair and no one comments. As soon as there is an afro is she not to be taken seriously? You all are in need of getting out of the house and educating yourselves.
Educating? What the fuck are you on about? It's got nothing to do with her race, if a person of any race had a purple afro, it would look like shit too. Puple + afro do not mix well. Like combining green and orange in an outfit, they don't go together, not a good look. She can have whatever hairstyle she wants, same as how I could shave a circle into my head, but people are gonna say it looks bad, because it does. Looks like you need educating on what goes together. Protip: bright purple afros don't look good.
next on the chopping block: uncle bens
they already got hit. they released a statement. going to make changes
Spiderman isn't gonna like that one
To late already happened.
Dude looks like my dad. Now everytime I see my dad, Im going to be offended lol
Yep. It is in progress...
The world knew her as "Aunt Jemima," but her given name was Nancy
Green and she was a true American success story. Born a slave in 1834
Montgomery County, KY, she became a wealthy superstar in the
advertising world, as its first living trademark.
While in Kentucky, Green was employed by Charles Walker, then an
attorney and later a distinguished Circuit Judge. She moved with the
family to Chicago just after the Great Fire in 1872.
Walker heard that a friend was looking for a model for the Aunt Jemima
character, and he suggested Green who, by that time, had served the
family for many years. She was instantly recognized with the
characteristics the guy was looking for... charisma, humor, and a
fantastic cook.
Green was 56-yrs old when she was selected as spokesperson for the new
ready-mixed, self-rising pancake flour and made her public debut in
1893 at the World’s Fair in Chicago. She demonstrated the pancake mix
while serving up thousands of pancakes... and became an immediate
star. She was a wonderful storyteller, her personality was warm and
appealing, and her showmanship was exceptional. Her exhibition booth
drew so many people that special security personnel were assigned to
keep the crowds moving.
Nancy Green was signed to a lifetime contract, traveled on promotional
tours all over the country, and was extremely well paid. Her
financial freedom and stature as a national spokesperson enabled her
to become a philanthropist, a leading advocate against poverty, and a
fighter for equal rights.
She maintained her job until her death in 1923, at age 89, after
becoming one of America’s first black millionaires.
This was a remarkable woman... and she has just been ERASED by
politically correct liberal bedwetters.
Damn I honestly thought the creator of the syrup used his Aunt Jemima's recipe or something lol.
Das cuz you dum. You dum and you got a dum frog logo in 2020 so i knows you dum.
@@spencexxx Dumb*
@@spencexxx 🤣
@@spencexxx *That is because you are stupid. You have a dumb Pepe logo in 2020, so I know you are dumb.
@@ferndevil5771 shut the fuck up lame ass foo
Nancy Green was born into slavery. When freed, she parlayed her magnificent cooking talent into something marketable. When she died in the 20’s, she was the first black female millionaire. Seems to me, she is someone to be admired.
You are all kinds of confused. You’ve got your Nancy Green all up in your Madam C.J. Walker. You also don’t understand that celebrating Nancy Green’s talents doesn’t have to mean celebrating a company that used her image to sell racist stereotypes that gave white people that all-over cozy mammy something special. Nancy Green’s legacy is safe. We have these cool things called books that tell her story much better than a bottle of syrup that’s about four models removed from her, anyway. Nothing’s being given up here but white shenanigans.
YOU ARE A 100 PER CENT RIGHT!!
She wasn't the first black anything. She died broke. There is nothing admirable about embracing stereotypes.
As a child Aunt Jemima represented everything warm and wonderful. I didn’t see race. I saw a loving “aunt “ that would make me feel safe and loved. I loved her face and I loved her. If you are going to go back into history to find things to get angry about, it will never end, for any people any where in the world.
Too true. Aunt Jemima was also the only brand that had an African American as the corporate symbol that I ever heard of.
My reply to everyone these days, "...it will never be enough." The reason? It's not as simple as we think. And, black and white people alike aren't going to like what comes about, if it goes to completion. YoungRippa59 here on youtube is interesting. On Instagram, david j harris jr,
the officer tatum, the hodge twins
If you don’t see race you can’t see racial injustice. Open your eyes.
Facts!!!
@@DD_LetTheDogsOut ya they are great
Nancy Green signed a lifetime contract and had a very successful career until she was 89. She was also an advocate for those living in poverty and for equal rights. Americans should honor as a very successful woman and not be forgotten. She should remembered and honored not canceled. Please, lets remember all of our culture and not remove it because it is not fair for woman like Nancy Green who contributed so much,
Removeing a racist picture is not erasing history. I dont know where you got that from.
Perfectly said👏 Shouldn't have removed her, it was so stupid
Thanks for the video!
I always imagined Aunt Jamima as grandma who just wants the kids to be happy and enjoy her famous pancakes. Just bought some today as final tribute to Aunt Jamima.
They won't come back from this one. There's no way you can reinvent an entire brand after over 100 years and expect people to remain loyal to it. My question is, in all seriousness, is Mrs Butterworth any type of questionable ethnicity? I personally never had any problem with Aunt Jemima, or Uncle Ben, or the Land O Lakes girl, or the girl on the raisin box. I like seeing familiar faces. They truly felt like family. I did not view them offensively. I still do not.
You probably never found it offensive because you're either lowkey bigoted or probably don't know that the images of Uncle Ben and the earlier faces of real people and caricatures of Aunt Jemima were meant to remind white supremacists about the "good ole days" of black servitude and that Quaker Oats used Nancy Green to romanticize and create an entirely false positive narrative about what enslaved black people went through.
@@MariahTheElusiveSongbird 'www.mediapost.com/publications/article/352806/families-of-women-who-portrayed-aunt-jemima-object.html' You literally took money from your own on this one..
@@MariahTheElusiveSongbird
And you yourself sound like a low-key jackass for making presumptions about strangers you'll never even meet. Shut off.
@@draconite420
Thank you for that link, I didn't look too deeply into it because it gave me such a headache knowing I would have to deal with people like this. They are the reason we can't have nice things.
@@PotterPossum1989 And you highkey sound like yet another white man who thinks people offended by racism are snowflakes.
The original "Aunt Jemima", Nancy Green, was a civil and women's rights activist. Were you trying to get rid of the memory of her legacy, too?
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Nancy Green was an ex-slave that became a popular model and eventually a spokeswoman for the product with a life-time lucrative contract. She not only spoke for things she loved but actually did what she could to help the poor and promote civil rights. To say that her slave past was promoted then showing a clip of an ad where the actors are saying that the recipe "was passed down from generation to generation" is a lie. That would imply that her family had been slaves for many generations - no basis in fact. Nancy Green aka Aunt Jemima, was a wonderful person that should be looked up to by any race, not lied about.
The original Ronald MacDonald was also portrayed by a human... same with Santa Clause... that doesn't mean Santa Clause and Ronald MacDonald are real people.
@@Medrod2 I *HONESTLY THOUGHT* that Aunt Jemima was a *REAL* person who *CREATED* this syrup, and called it "Aunt Jemima."
@@pyrrho314 What does any of that have to do with anything here?
Good racist response, there.
Growing up, I was always happy to see Aunt Jamaima's face on pancake mix and syrup. As a little white boy, I didn't see a black woman in servitude to white people. I saw a motherly black woman wanting to make sure every child got fed. If evil is all you look for, evil is all you shall find.
The image of it is what is evil you idiots
Well we're glad that's not what you saw, but what you see and the truth or too totally different things.
@@sajeanpoe4620 honestly I don't see how the new logo is racist the old one definitely is, since it was made to look like a racist stereotype of a mammy doll. But the new one is just a black woman smiling, nothing racist about that.
Can u not speak over black ppl lmao
When I was a silly young boy, my Mom was cooking up some pancakes from--yeah, you guessed it. Me, being innocent, was looking at the woman on the package, and I quipped, "Momma, you remind me of the Aunt Jemima lady on the box." I thought I was paying a compliment. My mother's mid spatula-holding-hand, and stern look, told me otherwise. I also never saw another box of Aunt Jemima pancake mix in our house again. As I got older, and truly listened, learned, and understood-- I knew and respected my mother's silent disapproval of my statement.
bigvirgotube man...
bigvirgotube Why, because she didn’t want to be reminded of a black woman?
Jose Carranza or maybe she was a black woman, and didn’t want to be told she was like a caricature of a subservient mammy who’s entire world revolves around serving the needs of a white family, while pretending to be happy for it.
Jose Carranza your so stupid
today is not yesterday and I’m not telling anyone what to do. Yet you sound like you love getting into people’s “kitchens” and telling them what to eat. Get back to your own kitchen and enjoy whatever the hell you’d like to eat.
Them don't buy it
Me: stills buys it
"Them don't buy it" - that's racist.
aunt jemima is based off black face
Who cares is it killing you does it really matter if the product been out for years now you all wanna cancel it when it just for food
@@madarauchiha4203 Why is your goofy ass trying to defend a racist caricature? What was the point in you even coming here if you weren't going to take anything from this video?
@@madarauchiha4203 Of it just an ordinary bottle than the picture shouldn't offend you.
All these people in the comments saying that "removing the image and changing the name will somehow tarnish the accomplishments of Nancy Green", yet none of you are suggesting changing the name to Nancy Green's Pancake Syrup, are you?
Wanting to keep it as "Aunt Jemima's" when her name was never Jemima seems a bit indicative of desires beyond simply wanting to maintain history for the sake of people who did good things in life.
I'm not for removing the logo, but changing the name to Nancy Green's Pancake Syrup seems completely reasonable
If they chnaged it to Nancy Greens syrup I think that would be awesome Im against removing it entirely
@@carsonthorpe6696 there's definitely a middle ground. the problem is both sides want to have it their way or no way. So basically the company is choosing the safest route by siding with the people who could potentially hurt them financially if they were to choose otherwise.
I live in Europe, and I don't follow politics, but I noticed this story on google. I think it's a perfect example of bullying. People are indirectly forcing this company to change a logo because it is considered offensive? Why? It's a logo. Aren't there more important things to worry about?
I'm for racial equality, but changing a logo will upset the wrong people (the racists) and only make things worse. America must find that middle ground.
@A B That sounds exactly like something a childish, racist fool would say.
@A B Hey, waddaya know, you're wrong again. No surprise considering the whole racist *fool* thing we talked about.
Honestly... I still buy Aunt Jemima Syrup.
Its high fructose corn syrup with artifical maple flavoring....it is pure sugar junk
Michael Grimes but it's so delicious
@@anonymoushuman8443 Try pure maple syrup, in my opinion the real stuff tastes so much better
I still buy it too.
@@anonymoushuman8443 i cant say your wrong...
Makes me sad everyone loved Aunt Jemima, her face was in every home in America, and Loved by all.
To hell with Aunt jemima we have to evolve put a picture of a hot chick black or white hot chick hot chick and your mom was too fat anyway
Her subservient black face was in every home in AmeriKKKa.
, and Loved by all.
I felt lucky when I was a kid and had Aunt Jemina or Mrs Butterworth because we were poor. Most syrupy I ever ate was generic brand. I'm 43 years old now. Leave my childhood alone. If this is evolving then why is the woman in the video holding up her fist? The fist held up representing black power and black supremacist. If white supremacy is bad isn't black supremacy or any supremacy bad?
@@Revmatchdownshift_ There is no such thing as "Black Supremacy" and "Black Power" does not represent racism
*Who else* thought "Aunt Jemima" was a *REAL* person who *created* a syrup and called it "Aunt Jemima" ????
I did. I always thought of Aunt Jemima the same way I thought of my Italian aunts and grandmothers: nice ladies that liked to cook for people. Nothing racist or offensive to any nationality or race.
It’s so funny how this video BEEN posted. But now somebody posted in on Instagram /TikTok and now the company is under heat.
I guess it pays to have an audience watching. But give credit where it’s DUE.
Sure. This video and fucking TikTok caused all this.
This is a stupid hit piece
Despite the idiotic comments and plan old disrespect, please keep doing this! It is needed!!
the first Ain't Yo Mama joke ever
I use to be scared of aunt jeimima when I was young lol
Why lol 😂
@@Silvia.Araujo she just look creepy to me
Good.
travisk08 why because of her skin or because of how she smile?
Quaker too
Seeing everything in a negative light.
Its literally a racist logo thats been modernized. Why not get rid of it and leave it in the past?? Its a step forward. YOURE the one seeing it in a negative light.
@@unknownukht7848 enough with this "negative light" bullshit everyone can be either of the two on either side of the table. But yes i do believe they should change the logo but in a way that they give Nancy green the credit like they should and maybe even get a photo of her on it instead?
@@unknownukht7848 Can we just call her by her real name, Nancy Greens and have her real historical background on the back of the bottle?
Howard Eddie-Dufe why the f do u give that much of a shit ab a syrup logo and why are u asking like i can decide
@@h.e.d9499 I think that’d be fine, even “Aunt Nancy” would be fine.
Hi there. Firstly, I hope that you and yours are well and keeping safe during these uncertain times. Really nice job. The content was punchy whilst still having the weight to get across the sense of history and how that history has had a long term impact, still is impacting and will continue to do so until there is systemic change. The edit was great adding to a sense of urgency. I'm a UA-camr but not with anything like your following. I hope to learn from creators such as yourself. With content like this, I am sure to learn a great deal. From narrative to filming to editing, it was all first-rate and at a pace that demands attention. Thanks and all the best from the UK.
First Land O Lakes sent the Indian Princess(who was actually drawn by an Amerindian) to the reservation, but kept the land. Now Quaker is removing sweet Ms Jemima from her place on the front of syrup! What are they saying, that black's should not have a presence on their products? Now at one time, one could say that the image Ms Jemima had a racial stereotype when she wore a forward tied bandana and hoop earrings. But that image was changed to a much more positive image in the 80's. The current image looks like someone's nice grandmother. And I am sure that many black children grew up in the 90's and the 00's seeing the positive, and confident black woman gracefully smiling from the product of Aunt Jemima syrup. But even this nice image is now "racist", or so they are saying. In truth it is just all a reactionary game where manufacturers of goods are afraid that their product will no longer sell due to the outcries of the folly screaming, "Racist"!. It's a form of pandering in order to stay relevant. This is why companies like Wendy's and Apple still supports the BLM ridiculousness even after the mobocracy had torched their places of business. Its not because they really care, its about protecting their future sales and capitalizing on the moment. So in order to head-off the fringe, they annoy the actual buyers of their product, and create counter and confusing messages in their wake.
The current riotous outrage you see played-out in the streets is brought to you by the following sponcers: Google/UA-cam, Apple, Land O Lakes, Wendy's, and just about every corporation out there.
Cancel-culture is cancer.
We're not 'Amerindians', fucking christ. Read a fucking book.
so you didn't watch the video.
You literally didn’t watch the video did you 😂
The aunt Jemima character was derived from racial stereotypes, it was popular to do so back then because everybody was fucking racist. But now that is not excepted in society, so it is necessary to change the racial stereotypes that were used for pass brands. Use your fucking head
Natives didn't have monarchies
Sad. I'm saving my box as it will become a collectors item. Lol
Why would you want to preserve something that is racist?
@@daniellarkins3849
There was nothing racist with that box. Kids look at the label is a mother image and comfort food you stupid uneducated coddled snowflake
people need to understand it starts with the small things to make a bigger change and difference
Didn't Tupac wear his scarf that way so was he just entertaining those white people.
I know that when I was growing up in the 70's that "Aunt Jemima" wore a red headscarf... I didn't and don't think that it was a "representation" of servitude. My mother always wore a headscarf, a kerchief when she went out, except for in the summer time unless it was really windy...it was what women wore in her generation as well as the one before her's. My Mom is a "baby boomer - born in '54" my Grandmother also wore a kerchief and she was born ('33) and raised during the depression.
Now I'm NOT saying that there's not also some racist or stereotyping implied when she was wearing the headscarf...(I didn't know that it was changed to no headscarf and pearls - when did that happen?) I'm just pointing out that back in the 50's, 60's, and 70's that it was the norm for women of any race in North America to wear a headscarf or kerchief when going out...to protect their hair styles.
Again I'm not trying to take away from the absolute truth that there has been and still is racism in advertising...it's not right and needs to be pointed out when/where it is happening and Changed!
In this day and age I'm definitely saddened that racism hasn't been eradicated! I was rasied with the beliefs that we don't choose who are parents are, or where in the world we are born. So we shouldn't be judging people on things that they didn't choose for themselves or have any control over.
We should only be judging one another on our personalities, how we present ourselves, and interact with others, because that is the only thing we as individuals have control over!
If everyone just treated others exactly how they want to be treated themselves, then the world would be a much better place. We are no longer just individual countries, or cities, communities. We are becoming a "global" community more and more every year, as this "pandemic" clearly illustrates.
Yes we will always have our heritage and cultural identities, but we are also becoming something new...and hopefully something far better and greater.
Go back to english class with that
@@vxjsktezhdjhskd2181 stfu spelling on the damn internet doesn't matter
@@julia2200 bitch ur one month late. So. Hush on that.
@@vxjsktezhdjhskd2181
"go back to english class with that"
**tends to type you're wrong**
@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN still ur one month late. Shut the fuck up
Can we just talk about how pretty her afro is 💕
Not her *real* hair.
Bought at J C Penny.
She forgot her red nose
Everyone’s visiting this video to comment to everyone letting them know that the bran is going away! 😂😭🥺
1989: Scarf removed from her head.
2020: Woman is removed completely.
How is removing the only black female corporate symbol anti-racist?
I also read that they will also change the name.
I am white and I was offended I had to see that face in the morning. Its so racist.
@@josephanthonyrafinski7430 shut up white boy.
@@josephanthonyrafinski7430 no one gives a fuck
This doesn't tell much of the actual history of Nancy Green.. and the other lady. Her last name was Harrington, I think.
Dropping a 10
Anna Harrington, one of the first billionaire black women in US history. Mother of five, single parent daughter of poor plantation farmers, she dies with millions, two homes, living in the richer part of Syracuse, New York. She was proud of being the face of Aunt Jemima.
@@joshuagross3151 Why do idiots like you insist on defending things that are problematic in nature?
And now she’s erased from history like she never existed.
E Randco she’ll never be fully erased
Yup! Bye Aunt Jemima! Hello, Nancy Green!
@@nikkinaturalfan9252 in 20 years no one will remember the aunt jemima pancakes so most likely also the person behind it.
Jesus. I didn’t know. I loved seeing aunt jamima being black. I looked at it like... like a good thing... as a kid i saw inclusion. Wondered why not more food was different cultures and colors.
Its horse shit in my opinion today its just a picture of a black woman and i doubt anyone looks at this product and goes "Hey lets buy this to feed into our hate for blacks" smfh
@naitethagr8 You just gotta inform people on the topic of racism be leader.
@naitethagr8 And sorry if i worded my last comment out .funny. I Meant to say the company doesn't condone racism any more things have changed and they have over the years changed the logo to satisfy the SJWs But apparently that isn't enough and they want the whole aunt jemima thing gone.
@naitethagr8 They do belong in the past but its not gonna completely go away unless you are looking for complete Martial law against racism but even then are we gonna take the consequences and the back lash of commiting to that? No,
The black woman's name Nancy Green is the one that made the pancake mix, she was an Entrepreneur of the "Aunt Jemima" Business If you wanna learn more look up Nancy Green for yourself.
When I was little, I viewed it as inclusion as well ~
Using the terms "Aunt or Auntie" and "Uncle" at someone you are not familiar with is very disrectful. Those terms were used by whites who refused to address former slaves as "Miss, Mrs, Ma'am" or "Mr. or Sir"
In my culture it's considered respectful..Because your uncle is your mom's brother and your auntie is your dad's sister so in a way you give them the same level of respect as you would give your biological aunties and uncles
Please back this up with some documentation.
guess thats where the expression 'uncle tom' comes from
referring to somebody as "uncle" isn't racist. it's done in many cultures when addressing an older person informally
They should start using real maple syrup while there at it, and not rip us off price wise. This got me thinking of what else needs to change.
When you take your freedom for granted and start looking for packaging problems in food. 🤣
When your white or White identified and wildly out of touch.
Thank you for sharing the history of Aunt Jemima.
LOL
She missed some significant points.
@@joshuagross3151 lol
@@ccgb92 It's true. She didn't mention the faces of Aunt Jemima. They were the company's redemption. Research "Anna Short Harrington." She was Aunt Jemima from 1935 to 1955. She died a millionaire, one of the first among black women in American history. She was proud of the brand she represented.
Nancy Green was the first Aunt Jemima. Born into slavery, she was offered the spokeswoman position in 1890. She used her career and earnings to advocate for racial and female equality in early 20th Century Chicago. She was also an advocate for the poor and worked in her free time with her local Baptist church for various antipoverty movements. She had a lifetime contract, living as the Aunt Jemima Mills Company Spokeswoman until her death in '23. Her character's likeness adorns her grave in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago.
If Aunt Jemima goes, so too do the legacies of these women.
@@joshuagross3151 It's true I agree
True . They should have chosen a cute Panda Bear , " Panda Pancakes " and let Nancy Green wander the streets of Chicago .
🤣
She died broke if it makes you feel better.
Crazy how you can watch a two minute video and find out why people might be upset about the branding if you didn't already know. Two minutes. All it takes.
😂😂😂😂 that wig is fuckin hilarious. Im howling. 😂😂😂
YOUR THE BEST, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, YOUR THE REASON I SMILE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY YOUR A PIECE OF HEAVEN ON EARTH SINCERELY YOUR'S CHARLETNEWTON
Aunt Jemima: "Ain't Ya Mama" 🤔🤔🤔
Ain’t yo daddy
She left out the fact that another Aunt Jemima actress gained so much fame that her grave is considered a historical landmark.
Actually she pretty much just left out all the good things.
I don't know why I was expecting something positive from a girl with purple hair.
funny thing i actually put Aunt Jemima syrup on my waffles today for the first time in many years. I usually only eat maple syrup but my parents buy the rip off stuff so that's what there was today....anyway, i thought to myself "i wonder why the crazy people aren't attacking the Aunt Jemima brand for racism." and apparently they are. Goodbye Aunt Jemima, your syrup is the best cheap syrup i have had!
The brand will continue, the logo will not.
That's why white folks love pancakes smh
Your hair is goals!!!!!!
More like "Two minute rant. (With a little history)"
former slave= not slave= free person=not racist
Although aunt jemima was black she made some great food, she also became a millionaire. And I’m sure she very proud of her likeness is on bottles of syrup. But if Quaker Oats want to remove her picture from syrup bottles then I for one would never buy Quaker Oats brand items.
PepsiCo is the owner of the brand
I love that vintage cookie jar you have in the background!
This video is about to get some views :D! Great video, thanks for the info
This video could have been titled "at one point in America black people were slaves"
You learn something old everyday.
Thanks for this since I was young I was always curious about aunt jemima but never looked I to her
I have not bought it since they took away the classy look in 1989 - I prefer mrs butterworth in my house, don't have to worry abot my tv going missing
What classy look? Do you men the racist look?
1:33 I know the host is not a fan of Gone With the Wind but keep in mind that because of the movie, Hattie McDaniel became the first black woman to win an Oscar, so something positive came from it.
God bless the history. You won't reform me, America. I'm educated.
Thanks so much for making this video. It's important for people to understand the imagery and attitudes that were so pervasive in this country.
But the video left out some very import facts about the Lady Nancy Green and I guess you get that when you only spend two minutes learning history. It also cast Nancy Green as an Auntie Tommie .....she was a Community Activist and fought against poverty in the inner city, promoted equality, and started a church. She became a famous spokes person for the product after her demonstration at the World Fair. The crowds were so big that was was the talk of the event and won a Gold medal for her efforts. She also became a Multi Millionaire and left a positive history and a legacy of helping poor people reach their dreams. . Remember you can look at from more than one angle. What is important, and even you say it; Is that through the years you can see the change of attitudes in the American image of Black people through the advertisement logos used in the "Aunt Jemima" product......one thing I will have to point out in the video and this is because it was edited to fit the two minute narrative. The At 1:21 seconds Elexus tries to say that the next clip is a re-enforcement of Slavery and the recipe being passed down for centuries.... you will see two couples eating pancakes and the woman is asked , "what is the secret?" in the full commercial it actually shows the woman trying to pass the delicious tasting pancakes as homemade and done from scratch. I know because I remember this commercial. Full disclosure I have been told that I am a distant relative.
I want to see a hot blond on the box and just called southern belle pancakes
If hot blonde on the pancake box, would those be pancake tits?
Sucks this brand is being taken down after 150+ years
They're not removing the brand, just the symbol for it. Probably they will have a "white" woman on the label, instead. Some victory.
RIP, Aunt Jemima.
We need to remove all things with Michael Jordan's face on them too, it may not be PC either.
Agreed
The 2nd Aunt Jemima, Is not Anna Robinson, it is Anna Short Harrington!
I'm sitting on death row now my last meal has to change 🥞.
The new aunt jemima looks all sophisticated if you see her in the streets you wouldn’t think that she knew anything about pancakes.
I always felt a bit funny buying aunt jemima pancake syrup. No idea this brand was this old though
should we change Cracker Barrel or Cracker Jacks too? Or is that not racist?
No its not racist. That was made by WHITE people and doesnt have a racist, degrading history.
Hela Riche so whats degrading about it
Hela Riche Do you consider yourself as a Democrat? Would you vote for Trump?
Cri Cri Idk whats so degrading about a logo that originated as an enslaved black woman happily serving a white family?
Hela Riche It's syrup snowflake. So are you a liberal?
Stop with the division. Her pancakes without her syrup is not a good thing. Ask racistJoe. 🤣
i love the syrup its so good! I've always thought of her as a grandma who makes syrup for her kids and grandkids, I've never thought it as racist I've just thought its delicious syrup, and it shouldn't be seen as racist. also how is *REMOVING* her from the syrup against racisim, shouldnt the act of removing her be racist itself?
Aunt Jemima syrup is racist hunny, sorry, not sorry. Aunt Jemima syrup was designed to give white people a sense of nostalgia for the good o'l days when black people knew their place and stayed subservient. What you think is irrelevant.
What I'm trying to understand is that many black people back then thought that the image of her in a head scarf/apron misinterpreted all black people, they didn't like that people view them as poor and slaving to white people. That is why the company rebranded to show her in a modern and elegant setting. But now people are saying that that change is ignoring the slaves who went through hell, when instead they were trying to promote a more equalized view of black people.
Wrong. Head wraps aren't viewed negatively in the black community. It goes all the way back to African roots and are a fashionable garment for black women as in Arab and east European cultures. She was a cook. And if you work in the kitchen like most cooks do today, you cover your hair🤷♂️. People who did these low-class jobs during that era were predominately black people. People who could not go and live, go to school wherever they wanted. Imagine yourself living in those times. And the makeover didn't happen until the 1980s. The brand made that decision, not the NAACP. The brand knew that the original image had racist connotations just like they do now. It was how Jemima came to be in the first place, not her makeover!
I freaking love this channel our black brothers and sisters need to learn our history
What a f****** rip-off I ain't eating aunt Jemima Syrup anymore
You fighting for black justice with purple hair?
AJ was revolutionary for black people of her time in marketing... you don’t say that about your favorite music artist when they sign to a label.. so AJ “sold out” in today’s times but back then she broke barriers of integration.
No she didn't.
Mrs Butterworth's > Aunt Jemima's
Silvia Araujo > joe a
This was recommended to me today since Aunt Jemma has decided to change its name... Um Thank You UA-cam?
Then it’s not Aunt Jemima. Besides if their going to trash the logo and the name there’s no brand. The just lost a whole gen who purchased this product because that’s what their family purchased when they were children. There’s really no other reason to buy it.
Everyone's just going to start using log cabin syrup. But then someone will start complaining that it's discrimination to have a cabin but not a house
Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben made me uncomfortable as a child. As I became older and a history buff they made me angry. There also was a cartoon character called Bosco. As a child I had no idea what he was (e.g. was some kind of rat?). I later learned he was suppose to be a black man. I was angry that they tried to make me a racist. Unfortunately for them I knew what black people looked like Bosco failed to connect with me.
You mention GONEwtWIND, but don't forget the original b&w IMITATION OF LIFE, which plays the Aunt Jemima (here called "Aunt Delilah") story for laughs.
And the White woman is supposed to be great, in spite of the fact that SHE NEVER PAYS HER BLACK MAID for her smilin' face making the White woman rich! WTF?🤔
@@williamjones4716 🤔 Every single thing you've just said is 110% *wrong* . _Gone with the Wind_ (as a novel and film) is ablatant *celebration* of the antebellum South, which includes slavery. And the stereotypical depictions of Black people created in the antebellum - honed by Vaudeville minstrel shows - lead to the use of stereotypical mascots like Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben.
If your whitesplainin' ass wants to deny the blatant straight line from "A" to "B", then *you* are part of tge problem. Ta, troll.
Ahh yes, the story of yesteryear told by a millennial, I now feel woke.
These comments are insane
Jay z the new Aunt Jemima HAHAHAHAHHAHA
Jemimah, along with her sisters, was described as the most beautiful women in the land. Also, unusually and in common with her sisters, Jemimah was granted an inheritance by her father, with her brothers as might have been expected (Job 42:15). Apart from these brief references at the end of the Book of Job, Jemimah is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible.
Now they are looting corporate logos.
We all should dress up as Aunt Jemima for Holloween
racism needs to end. Be a person who is not racist.
This is such important information regarding Aunt Jemima that I wish the Black children of today would read and understand and know why it was. This so derogatory to Black People because of the history of slaves and it's such a hurtful memory of how the USA would do a race of people so appallingly just keep them in control due to beating and killing of the blacks. I fully wanted Aunt Jemina's picture to stay on the box because of the history behind it also because of me looking for her pictures I've found out much more information than I expected.
I get out a box of Aunt Jemina Pancake mix. I put it on the counter. Then I sift a cup and a half of flower into a bowl. I add a teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder, tablespoon sugar (optional) and stir it. I create a gully in the dry mix and I pour 2 tablespoons of melted butter in the gully. I break one egg into the gully. I add 1 1/4 cup of milk and whisk immediately. Do not over beat. I let it sit for 10 minutes. I put the Aunt Jemina Pancake mix back in the cabinet, and cook my pancakes. For syrup I use pure maple syrup. If you like the taste of Aunt Jemina syrup, add a ton of corn syrup to the maple syrup you should be good.
Isn't it disrespectful to remove Nancy Grace from the face of that product brand? I would think she should be more celebrated since she is so well known for herself not the part she portrayed.
No, it's not.
*My family taught me to tie my hair up when it is done. When I started wearing it too much this is what they would call me .. which I now find even more offensive .. also crazy to me because my mom was born in the 40s so she should’ve known the history behind calling me that. Smh*
Sister I love you
Kyo Mebi love you too, stay blessed 🙏🏽
I want some Aunt Jemima pancakes & syrup ret naaahhhh 😍😍😋😋omggg
i'm craving for pancakes. i'm suppose to be on the keto diet lol
Girl, all i saw was your beautiful hair! Love it ❤️ thanks for spreading the knowledge
My Mom had a collection of Jim Crow imagery...white people call it "Americana" now. She made us look at it to always remember how people were/are raised to look at us.
Thank you for your video, for you have made a difference with it. The "Aunt Jemima" image and brand is finally going away, Quaker Oats/PepsiCo announced today.
I remember when they finally took the headwrap away from the packaging and thought they had done enough, not caring about the very moniker, "Aunt", which was a dismissive, general name given to all older Black women ("Uncle" was the name called out to Black men), aside from, of course, the go-to N___r name.
It is sad that it took George Floyd's murder to make that company finally accept their racism...every Black person hired there has a slam-dunk racial discrimination lawsuit just by walking into the building and seeing that Jim Crow brand on the wall.
I’m sorry you grew up that way
You poor little snowflake.
@@missblink4611 it was better than having us think that everyone in the world would like us and treat us equally. When the discrimination inevitably occurred in our teenage years and beyond, we were prepared.
@@BloodwyrmWildheart yeah, and those who live in these modern times yet still defend Jim Crow's imagery & social status goals, such people apparently have a lot worse in their hearts than being "snowflakes"
Idc if Nancy was a slave or whatever I’m still buying that mf syrup
Ignorance is a bliss
Nobody cares what you do lol
I'm gonna miss seeing Aunt Jemima when I eat pancakes
Aunt Jemima been cancelled, and growing up I always loved her. Oh well.
I find it sad that they removed her. It would have been far better to update her as the CEO of the corporation. Give her a big shining glass corporate headquarters and have lots of white people working for her.
Here because of the news of her removal on the Syrup bottle.
Lml same
FYI - My “white” grandmother wore rags on her head until the 80’s. That was the times and culture. They probably didn't want to get their afro dirty because bathing daily wasn’t as common.
My daughter has been asking questions about Aunt Jemima. I came here for answers, but had to turn it off because of the angry tone towards white folks. The new generation doesn't need to be taught hate and anger. I hope you can find peace for the pain you feel.
It's not anger. It's facts.
She didn’t sound angry at all.
Did she come across as an angry black woman to you? Lol, your problem. Not here. Stop projecting.
Angry tone towards white people? I’m white as fuck and this whole video I felt nothing but disgust towards my ancestors for perpetuating this terrible stereotype. If you felt attacked by this video, you probably needed it.
@@foreverxo8693 actually I was reading up and researching the history of aunt jamima and came across your video. My grandmother had some sort of cast i suppose of aunt jamima for years when I was little. I being young always loved it and wanted it when she died. I never got it of course as someone else in the family took it. My question is knowing the disturbing history of the origination, is possessing casts and old memorabilia disrespectful to african American culture? I would not want to offend? Thanks so much
1989: Scarf removed from her head.
2020: Woman is removed completely.
fuck you
Put a White woman on there named Grandma Bruno. They’ll complain because a Black was replaced with a White. Or just put a Muslim woman on there and rename the brand STFU.
Not good, I JUST ATE AN JOUR AGO BOTH PANCAKES AND SYRUP(AUNT JEMIMA)
@today is not yesterday no liberals just assholes
You are a idiot your mother was a woman.
I see white women with died purple hair and no one comments. As soon as there is an afro is she not to be taken seriously?
You all are in need of getting out of the house and educating yourselves.
I see purple women with white hair
Educating? What the fuck are you on about? It's got nothing to do with her race, if a person of any race had a purple afro, it would look like shit too. Puple + afro do not mix well. Like combining green and orange in an outfit, they don't go together, not a good look.
She can have whatever hairstyle she wants, same as how I could shave a circle into my head, but people are gonna say it looks bad, because it does.
Looks like you need educating on what goes together. Protip: bright purple afros don't look good.
Well she look like bozo the clown dawg.