Grandpa, tell me bout the good ole days............

[Steppenwolfe]

I am getting so sick and tired of this constant whinning and crying about names, trademarks, images and all that some one or thing decides is offensive.
So called politically correctness isn't correct about anything.

I just read where there is no more Aunt Jemima syrup and pancake mix anymore... Something called Pearls I think... WTH??? Are people going crazy??? :confused3:

 

[Molalla1]

I just read where there is no more Aunt Jemima syrup and pancake mix anymore... Something called Pearls I think... WTH??? Are people going crazy??? :confused3:

Yep . . .

 

[BleedingOrange]

I just read where there is no more Aunt Jemima syrup and pancake mix anymore... Something called Pearls I think... WTH??? Are people going crazy??? :confused3:

Yup, hope it isn,t divoc causing all the brain mush.

 

[pmsmechanic]

They have a Constitutional right to be offended and sometimes I like to help them practice that right.

I occasionally don't mind helping out in that area either. Just on here you have to be subtle about it other wise the thread get's shut down.

 

[MossRoad]

Aunt Jemima is a brand of pancake mix, syrup, and other breakfast foods. The pancake mix was developed in 1888–1889 by the Pearl Milling Company and advertised as the first ready-mix.[1][2] The Aunt Jemima character is based on the enslaved "Mammy" archetype.[3][4] The "Aunt Jemima Doctrine" in US trademark law originates in a 1915 case between the pancake mix company and an unrelated seller of pancake syrup. The brand has been owned by the Quaker Oats Company since 1926.[2]

Nancy Green portrayed Aunt Jemima at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, one of the first Black corporate models in the United States.[1] Subsequent advertising agencies hired dozens of actors to perform the role as the first organized sales promotion campaign.[5]

Since its debut, the character has been criticized as an example of exploited African American women. "Aunt Jemima" is sometimes used as a female version of the derogatory epithet "Uncle Tom" or "Rastus". In June 2020, Quaker Oats announced that the Aunt Jemima brand would be retired "to make progress toward racial equality."[6] They subsequently announced in February 2021 that the line will be re-branded in June 2021 as Pearl Milling Company after the original owners of the pancake mix.[7]

 

[LouNY]

Yep, and no Indian maid on Land O Lakes butter.
So all Cabot products in my refrigerator now, no land O lakes.
Even though it will not make a bit of difference,
never had Aunt Jemima syrup always the real stuff but it would fit the same catagory.

 

[MoKelly]

In June 2020, Quaker Oats announced that the Aunt Jemima brand would be retired "to make progress toward racial equality."[6] They subsequently announced in February 2021 that the line will be re-branded in June 2021 as Pearl Milling Company after the original owners of the pancake mix.[7]

Isn’t Quaker Oats itself offensive? Did Quaker’s give permission to use the name?

MoKelly

 

[Industrial Toys]

So, in a sense, you won't be able to apply a human face or form to any product, for fear of offending some idea.

Whole thing very counterproductive. Like a worm that lives within me, all my life, claiming to be disadvantaged and wants me gone!

 

[k0ua]

I am getting so sick and tired of this constant whinning and crying about names, trademarks, images and all that some one or thing decides is offensive.
So called politically correctness isn't correct about anything.

+1 and then some.

 

[Streetcar]

Yep, and no Indian maid on Land O Lakes butter.
So all Cabot products in my refrigerator now, no land O lakes.
Even though it will not make a bit of difference,
never had Aunt Jemima syrup always the real stuff but it would fit the same catagory.

Land o lakes is redesigning packaging, they are now showing they are a farmer owned cooperative