Hawkins community reacts to Aunt Jemima brand change

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  • čas přidán 16. 06. 2020
  • Quaker Oats says the change is because the image is racially insensitive.

Komentáře • 92

  • @nighthawk1999
    @nighthawk1999 Před 4 lety +22

    Aunt Jemima looks like a sweet middle aged woman who would bake you cookies for Christmas and call you “baby” while giving you a hug. Not a symbol of racism. This world is lost to the lunatics I swear.

  • @psw4763
    @psw4763 Před 4 lety +50

    This is just a lame and stupid decision to make this change. People aren't reasoning and thinking intelligently.

    • @geraldsterling9639
      @geraldsterling9639 Před 3 lety

      Yeah we as a nation have been chocking down her flapjacks and sucking down her syrup for 130 years!!!!! A lit late now to finally come to grip with her past!!!! Quacker should've came to this realization years earlier!!!

  • @kaychuantan3619
    @kaychuantan3619 Před 4 lety +38

    so sad we're losing our grand aunt.

  • @donnierittenberry5515
    @donnierittenberry5515 Před 4 lety +31

    So sad to destroy a famous lady I always thought she was a famous star

  • @AZ-ib2zc
    @AZ-ib2zc Před 4 lety +28

    I am loving what Vera Harris and these folks in Hawkins are saying. Beautiful community and it warms my heart in these frustrating times knowing there are still good people among us with love in their hearts and also pride and understanding. Aunt Jemima is a beloved American icon and it seems wrong to erase her. 😢❤️

  • @drozone3658
    @drozone3658 Před 4 lety +10

    To respect her great legacy I will save her bottle forever and just refill it

  • @pheosmith
    @pheosmith Před 4 lety +23

    Wow she pretty black woman on there ,why get rid her,love her I won't buy it no more , Butterworth

  • @nelsondecaires9516
    @nelsondecaires9516 Před 4 lety +15

    Boycott it

    • @shinikyokai8815
      @shinikyokai8815 Před 4 lety

      Imagine going down the breakfast aisle and thinking "Naw that syrup doesn't have enough racism in it. Boycott!"

    • @Luis_Facil
      @Luis_Facil Před 3 lety

      @@shinikyokai8815 ok

    • @yummierfle5518
      @yummierfle5518 Před 3 lety +2

      @@shinikyokai8815 wait isn’t it racist to change a logo from a black woman to a company that a white man owns.

  • @onebcool6973
    @onebcool6973 Před 4 lety +10

    What i think is racist is removing her image and name from the product. Having the face and name on a product is glorification of a person's abilities and character not for a racist agenda. Doesn't work that way.

  • @peterlee4682
    @peterlee4682 Před 4 lety +5

    Aunt Jemima has one of the highest customer product ratings in the country, regardless of race. Why can't we just be happy? As my Mother used to say, "This is why we can't have nice things." Read the story of Nancy Green...the original Aunt Jemima...now THAT is a role model for everyone!

  • @karenwhite2338
    @karenwhite2338 Před 4 lety +8

    I agree, this is going too far.

  • @JStryker47
    @JStryker47 Před 3 lety +2

    This is fighting racism... HOW exactly?!

  • @qtaro-7097
    @qtaro-7097 Před 4 lety +5

    mammys are nannies who take care of other people's households with hardwork dedication and love. i dont get why people take mammys as insults.

  • @alz123alz
    @alz123alz Před 4 lety +11

    SAD

  • @randall1959
    @randall1959 Před 4 lety +10

    I've decided to switch to Krusteaz because I refuse to have my breakfast served with a side of white guilt.

    • @ilahildasissac1943
      @ilahildasissac1943 Před 2 lety

      Krusteaz is good too. But the Land O Lakes and Aunt Jenkins controversy is beyond stupid. I miss Uncle Ben and Cream of Wheat guy too.

    • @randall1959
      @randall1959 Před 2 lety

      @@ilahildasissac1943 Did you notice how Land O Lakes got rid of the Indian but kept the land?

  • @bhamptonkc7
    @bhamptonkc7 Před 4 lety +4

    Very sad, I will miss her,

  • @sabrinanascimento5248
    @sabrinanascimento5248 Před 4 lety +8

    😩😩😩😦😦😯🙁🥺It’s a sad day🙁😟😫😩I want her syrup 😩😫😱

  • @allymonte7295
    @allymonte7295 Před 4 lety +4

    Sad day.

  • @1950Grendel
    @1950Grendel Před 4 lety +2

    Change the name and the picture and no one will connect it to the brand they love. They'll have to advertise it as "the former Aunt Jemimia".

  • @Heart2HeartBooks
    @Heart2HeartBooks Před 4 lety +1

    I will never buy their pancake batter again. I don't care what fucking name they give it.

  • @rsfoltz00
    @rsfoltz00 Před 2 lety +2

    What the heck is racist about it?? Based on a “racial stereotype??” Give me a break!!! There is NO REASON to erase this woman from history! God bless her and all that she accomplished. I clearly remember being in the store with my mom as a boy and pointing and saying, “Mom, can you get Aunt Jemima?” And she put it in the grocery basket. I grew up with this syrup in my house. And I loved it.

  • @joandemery7863
    @joandemery7863 Před 4 lety +3

    I've allways thought aunt Jemima was not racist,,come on people this was long before you were ever thought of...I bet your ancestors didn't feel that way,,that lady made the others proud of her..I bet if you could put your face on that box and be as popularly as she was you wouldn't feel that way..

  • @richardhusman3650
    @richardhusman3650 Před 4 lety +3

    She had Rock stardom when Rock was the famous he was a great woman I'd be proud to call him my aunt peace out

  • @pheosmith
    @pheosmith Před 4 lety +4

    Im with Butterworth now who with me

    • @elisebirk9156
      @elisebirk9156 Před 4 lety +2

      I heard they are also getting rid of that too! Looks like we'll need log cabin!

  • @ShotByNikoHD
    @ShotByNikoHD Před 3 měsíci

    I am white as ever and never EVER looked at Aunt Jemima in a racist manner!!! She was a LEGEND in my book. She created a name and image for herself through the work she put in. Everybody is so sensitive. We live in a world full of cry babies and problem starters. I just can’t understand that. They should be ashamed to knock down her picture and remove her name. That’s just not right. I’ll forever eat pancakes In the name of Aunt Jemima! She’s always got my respect and love. I can’t stand this world. I swear.

  • @brandonreina5461
    @brandonreina5461 Před 3 lety

    Lincoln Loud: [enraged] PEPSICO! YOU DIRT BAG! YOU RUINED AUNT JEMIMA!

  • @ladybuggriffis2299
    @ladybuggriffis2299 Před 4 lety +1

    I think they are taking it too far. I myself will no longer purchase the product

  • @rh3medy
    @rh3medy Před 4 lety +8

    Hawkins? I thought the upside down was make believe

  • @benjaminwilliams8207
    @benjaminwilliams8207 Před 3 lety

    I bet they don't take the Quaker man off the products 😅

  • @hankhenninger3330
    @hankhenninger3330 Před 4 lety +1

    I think this is crazy. There is nothing wrong with who was aunt jemima She Just was a face on a box.

  • @vickieallsopp137
    @vickieallsopp137 Před 4 lety +4

    I am For the Hawkins Family,, change the name and I will never buy anything from you ever again!!! Amen and Aunt Jemima cornmeal too !!!🥰🥰 please dont change the name😡😭😭😭😭😭😭😱👎👎👎👎👎 She was and still is such a beautiful woman for all WOMEN!!!!

    • @shinikyokai8815
      @shinikyokai8815 Před 4 lety

      Aunt Jemima was created as the white man's ideal depiction of the obedient black woman, and the racism has been passed down for so many generations that people born into it think nothing of it and if you try to question it they will instinctively defend it to the death. Let's not confuse systemic racism with heritage.

    • @vickieallsopp137
      @vickieallsopp137 Před 4 lety +1

      @@shinikyokai8815 not according to her family!! I call BULL CRAP on YOUR comment! It was herself that gained and kept that popularity and so what if a white person thinks she the best to put on there !!! Its DANG of ya do or DANG if you don't! Her family should have the final say and should be receiving 100% royalties on ALL Aunt Jemima Products and back pay if not!!

    • @shinikyokai8815
      @shinikyokai8815 Před 4 lety

      @@vickieallsopp137 The real-life actors were wonderful people and deserve to be in the spotlight for their own merits, rather than being paid to act as a racist caricature of themselves and their people. Perhaps rename the brand after Nancy Green or any of the others that came after her. But here's where the conflict lies. The family is proud of the role she played, while the normalization and proliferation of that stereotype she performed as has been known to cause harm to countless of other african americans and how they are seen in society. Retiring Aunt Jemima doesn't mean we forget Nancy Green, Lilian Richards, Anna Robinson or any of them. Rather, it opens the spotlight them to shine on their own merits. It's kind of messed up to say that the only way these great black women can be remembered is through the racist stereotype of a white man. They deserve better than that.

    • @vickieallsopp137
      @vickieallsopp137 Před 4 lety +1

      @@shinikyokai8815 DO NOT MESSAGE ME AGAIN!

  • @UPdan
    @UPdan Před 4 lety

    Turn around the boxes and bottles when they rebrand.

  • @robertcostello4921
    @robertcostello4921 Před 3 lety

    Quaker oats just to weak.here they have the best selling pancake mix and they bow down to woke people. As long as they dont change the recipe ill still buy it.im going to keep the old box and put the new stuff in it. Aunt Jamima been in my house too long to kick her out to the street. Your always welcome in my house aunty j.

  • @Arcsecant
    @Arcsecant Před 4 lety +1

    They are replacing her with a picture of a white woman called "Aunt Jenny".

    • @haznut5
      @haznut5 Před 4 lety +1

      If you are serious, it looks like white privilege to me. I never ever looked down on the face of Aunt Jemina. My kids lived that syrup.

    • @Arcsecant
      @Arcsecant Před 4 lety +5

      @@haznut5 White privilege? That's nonsense. They were happy to have a black woman be the face and name of the product for 130 years. It's BLM that's making them do this. In 1989, twenty years again, they changed her image to that of an ordinary black woman, no mammy stereotype, and BLM extremists can't even stand that.

  • @dandelionwishes9842
    @dandelionwishes9842 Před 4 lety

    I love the complete and made it to since childhood and made it from my children

  • @Bleed4hell
    @Bleed4hell Před 4 lety +2

    Son of a b

    • @Bleed4hell
      @Bleed4hell Před 4 lety

      I'm buying all the bottles I can

    • @cplcabs
      @cplcabs Před 4 lety +1

      Tredal Racette don’t use them, they they will be worth a fortune one day

  • @michaelmercury1297
    @michaelmercury1297 Před 3 lety

    It's a subjective perspective whether Aunt Jemima's image is negative and racist or positive and inspirational . I personally feel they shouldn't have taken her image off their products .

  • @shellyshelly6255
    @shellyshelly6255 Před 4 lety

    Ahhh that ridiculous, when you hear or talk about pancakes, and maple syrup, right away you Aunt Jemima comes to mine. I dont think the name should be changed at all. After all she is the one that has put pancakes on the map, around the world. What crap stereotype are you'll talking about??? Get real. Smfh

  • @alvinchung9361
    @alvinchung9361 Před 4 lety

    Wow, this Lady is well respected among many! Don't let the few Idiots destroy a legacy. So, Sad....

  • @AnOnymous-yu6xp
    @AnOnymous-yu6xp Před 4 lety +1

    Did you ask blacks before you made that decision as always?

    • @Arcsecant
      @Arcsecant Před 4 lety

      It's BLM approved

    • @AnOnymous-yu6xp
      @AnOnymous-yu6xp Před 4 lety

      @@Arcsecant just what is BLM mean in this sense?

    • @Arcsecant
      @Arcsecant Před 4 lety

      @@AnOnymous-yu6xp Black Lives Matter, a Marxist movement to tear down traditional Western value systems.

  • @shinikyokai8815
    @shinikyokai8815 Před 4 lety +1

    "I never thought of it as racist!"
    You can't see the roots because you were born on the branches.