The Aunt Jemima brand and logo will be retired

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Pattylt said:
I don’t question that this is true, however… in my culture, any friends of my parents were addressed as Aunt and Uncle. It was improper to call adults by their first names but calling them Mr. and Mrs. X was seen as kind of silly due to familiarity.

Did anyone else’s family do this? Also curious, do you say Aunt as ant or Ahhnt? We said Ahhnt until we moved back north and everyone I knew said Ant… was that southern?
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I don’t know. There was some of that when I was growing up in the Ozarks. I didn’t know why anybody addressed women that way who weren’t really their aunts, but I didn’t question it either.
 
No. That’s a horrible caricature. But the latest version of Aunt Jemima or even the one before that? I have a lot of trouble seeing anything wrong with those. Same with Uncle Ben. Should all representations be of white people? Doesn’t make sense.

Here’s an “equal opportunity to get offended” ad from a long time ago. But it’s probably still okay to use white hillbillies in ads, even as caricatures.

https://www.atticpaper.com/proddetail.php?prod=1954-cream-of-wheat-ad-lil-abner

And here’s a Dutch boy dumb enough to be using lead paint.

https://www.atticpaper.com/proddetail.php?prod=1926-dutch-boy-lead-paint-ad
 
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Friends sometimes have called people in my family auntie or uncle. it’s not the most common thing though. Also we say it like ahhntie or ahhnt.
 
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RogueSemicolon said:
For those who may not know, here’s a brief history of the “Mammy” stereotype for which Aunt Jemima is among the most famous examples of:
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That’s true but the wikipedia article says it was also the name of the song. Apparently, the company was started by two country boys, maybe they styled it after the song. The wiki entry is already posted above.
 
“I’m here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of bubblegum.” Great (B) movie!
 
I lived in Hong Kong in the early 80’s and there was a toothpaste on sale there (made in Shanghai) called Darkie Toothpaste complete with the most outrageous caricature of a black person in a top hat. Even back then it was outrageously racist. And my wife still refuses to buy Coon cheese even though it’s the name of the creator. And those who grew up in the UK might remember the golliwog label on Robertsons Jam - as a kid Ibused to save the lavels from the jam and send them off to get golliwog lapel pins.

Different times. We were being racist but we didn’t know. Now we know…there’s no excuse.
 
But in general what race was the masters and what race were the slave?
 
I’m amending my post because of recent developments and I was rightfully corrected. No harm intended and I apologize if I offended you with the question.
 
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He was not aware of the history at the time of making that post.
 
I’m from the Midwest but my family originated in the south, my grandparents and above. If it is a southern way then maybe some forms of speech have been passed down
 
Proud Southerner here. But not a Confederate lover. American all the way!.
 
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