The woman behind ‘Aunt Jemima’
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- ABC News’ Deborah Roberts reports on Nancy Green, the woman born into slavery who went on to create the Aunt Jemima pancake recipe, and whose family hopes to preserve her legacy.
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when you rush to be politically correct, oftentimes you end up erasing history...
I do hear that, but political correctness has to be in context. For example someone who sold and profited from slavery or who fought wars to keep people enslaved should not be "honored" but people who contributed to make this world a better, brighter and happier place deserve to be recognized with real depictions of what they looked like and not the minstrel cartoonish depictions.
You're so right...I certainly believe that people...everyone, regardless of their ethnicity, certainly deserves respect, but the thing you mentioned, about so-called Political Correctness, nauseates me...after all, Right, Wrong or Indifferent, we should not try and reshape history. It is what it is...that goes for the removal of statues, as well.
Thanks for the intelligent comment!
YUP... BLM, as an organization is questionable.
This is true. I feel ashamed of thinking it was a good thing taking her face off before watching this today 😑😔
@@tlm3646 baby she has earned that spot on the box wether she is here or not. Why take that from her. When she made that deal with big business she would have been so proud of herself. She may not have received all that she deserved but she deserves to be on that box.
They should be paid. Period. And the story should be told in a bigger way, and never erased.
The 1st Lady of Love fully agreed. That is there pancakes not anyone else’s, period. Rich white folk have a way of take take taking..... hmmmm it angers me . They take advantage to the fullest and someone needs to do something about it for real. Think about.
Exactly!!
I agree! 🤗
Exactly that’s true justice. Pay Nancy Green’s family. That’s how you respect her legacy.
I wish they would and or donate have there profit to black communities
People say it's racist having Nancy Green's likeness on the waffle box. I say it's racist taking it off!!
Yeah
Same here
People need to know her story and she has earned the right to be on that box. Why take that from her? I know for her it wasn't about money. Back in that time it was more about respect and recognition because she was a black woman. She may not have received all that she deserved but she was a black woman who made a deal with big business at the time that was huge and so proud of herself she would have been.sometimes I think we all forget back then is not now. Things were way different back then.
@@wingsoffiergirl1279 AGREED !!!
TL M There is no need to keep her on the box. It’s offensive
To remove that image would be dismissive of all the women that contributed to the legacy. We need to stop this ridiculousness.
It is it is crazy. People miss her trusted smiling face on the box!
Pretty shameful someone responsible for a company making billions of dollars no money no headstone no nothing...
Do we really think they knew she didn't have a headstone?
Yeah she had a lifetime contract, but when she became too old to market the brand, she had to clean houses into her 80’s because that contract they had her sign locked her into a low ball agreement. Brand takes off and makes tons of money, but she never saw the benefits of that. She got hit by a car and buried in an unmarked grave. The company obviously didn’t value her, only what she could provide for them.
@1970Gambino that’s the history of America... robbed from slaves for immense WEALTH...this story is played out ALL OVER the making of America... the theft is overwhelming!!!
they would have made billions regardless
So true
Why dont they just change the name to Nancy Green's pancakes. And give the family royalties
Good point. Selecting a cute white girl would be easier, however. The complaints of racism should come to an end.
I'm sure her name was not her parents original name, maybe more of her slave owner. No one thought about that.
Lol What? Still waiting on that 40 acres and a mule bruh!
@@eliani1326 good point
@@raamyasharahla535 , would anything be done with those two resources, or would there be resistance to work?
This woman has a legacy....... she needs a movie done on her life........
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The timing of "rebranding" seems racist. I always saw the image as welcoming and wholesome and positive. Pathetic to remove it especially now with so many pathetic racists spewing their misery.
That's how you as a white privilEged person sees it.
Doesn't make it true.
Oh the privilEged is heavy in this one.
@@starlightangel1990 speak english
But the history is disgusting
Because it makes white liberals feel guilty so they will erase it.
@@starlightangel1990 learn how to spell first
I think what PepsiCo should do is write the history of these women on the packaging of these pancakes. I think that would be a great way to honor these women!
That's a fantastic idea!
Tweet that asap!
Love this idea!
100%
And pay the families money every generation they continue to still make profits from
She always was a real person to me and not just a character.
Exactly!! She made me feel like my Mom made those pancakes. Ty #NANCYGREEN
I always assumed she was real
That racist aunt Jemima name can go tho
@Hibiscus Syriacus that's awesome. My grandmother's cooked all Italian.
Deeann Watson me too
They should be sued for not giving her recognition and royalties.
@Sam707BFBC the deserve the whole mf company
Probably why they are changing the name and logo, they would rather cancel her, than honor her contribution to their success. The least they could do is break off her kids.
@@ReisePiece Exactly!
I think it's a strategic move to cancel her and desolve her story contribute to the success of the Brand. Shameful act..very cheeky
Another family claiming Ana Harrington was Aunt Jemima sued six years ago czcams.com/video/_wtCAswUrdk/video.html
I want Aunt Jemima to remain on the box. Her updated image, of course....
Updated? Ok. Let's give her Beyonce's face.
I think it would be really sweet to rebrand Aunt Jemima as Nancy Green so we remember what she has done.
I love how noone understands brand recognition
Great Idea
PotatoCat! And change the picture as well
Lol for what the lost and disrespect is well established......let her rest in her honor
And use her real face on the box
It's actually the opposite...when you see the photos of "Aunt Jemima", you feel good that a black woman got a chance to make a name for herself and was able to participate in the American culture despite the times.
@Sarel Ito Unfortunately, a black woman didn't get squat! Women were taken advantage of so corporate could profit; didn't even use her actual name, another legal loophole for company profit. The Aunt Jemima images ending up fabricated for marketing purposes only, while the real female creator didn't receive a single cent of money for all her contributions. One would think this story would be common knowledge vs learning about it in 2020... glad this story is finally starting to be heard.
@@lyndi9082 totally agree.
Agreed
IMO, some of those ignorant azz rappers also fueled the fire. I remember Big Daddy Kane rapped on Public Enemys song called Burn Hollywood and said even if she had a perm it wasnt enough...in so many words...
Yes where is people's head I'm an old woman and that woman was about Sharing her picture and her recipes one can't Buy that I loved those pancakes in the fifties it's not about Money how about her Pride.
God bless you Nancy Green. Known to all as Aunt Jemima. Thank you for feeding our families through the years.
I wish I could get one of her original boxes with her picture on it.
You can still buy it on Amazon while the price hasn’t risen yet. I did last week.
I do have one
The name and image of aunt Jemima has origins in racist minstrel shows, so I understand if a re-branding is needed. But if PepsiCo really cares about racial injustices, they should commemorate this brand with Nancy Green's name and story, and give royalties to her family. She was a pioneer of her time, and deserves to be recognized as the icon she is!
Yasss we stan wanting capitalist companies to do individual anti racist acts that won't happen anyways combined with no meaningful/systematic changes whatsoever that will improve the lives of poc
ABSOLUTELY!! 100%!! Long overdue checks to the families!!
I don't understand why her family needs royalties considering most alive today didn't see her and are just being paid to be born, but the other parts I agree with. The family didn't even want this to happen
@@pixeled9683 let's get empathetic here. Your great great grandmother made a recipe that revolutionized American breakfast as we know it. She is an American icon that's never recognized, and her brand she helped create has an estimated revenue of 300 million dollars. This same great great grandmother was able to use her small earnings to buy a small house for herself, and when she died, her family were still poor and could not even afford to give her a headstone. To say that her family were fucked over would be an understatement. She never got the money or the recognition she deserved, that could have put her family in better circumstances. That's why her family deserves royalties, because they would have had $$$ in the first place if things had been fair.
They will never do that unfortunately
This story is long over due... This woman was everyone's AUNT... IN EVERYONE'S KITCHEN👍🏽❤️
Sasha #BLM so very true
❤️🇵🇷🥰❤️
Exactly right!! Who doesn't think fondly of Aunt Jemima ❤
That woman wasnt MY aunt ! She was just a picture on a box !!!
My aunt was born in my family and visited us !!!
I grew up with that bottle on my table every morning. She will be missed. Sad to see her get cancelled.
Black people wanted her cancelled. That’s what’s so sad about it.
@@atarbuck3452 not black people liberals
Cancel cancel culture.
Don't erase - redo packaging with Nancy Green!!
When I was a kid, I would only eat Aunt Jemima. She looked friendly and I trusted her! Bring her back!!!
Mrs Butterworth?
@@stacischuck3844 ...like some cheap Reno hooker compared to OG AJ!
Same here. I didn't even realize she was a real person, but I was comforted by her smile.
@@stacischuck3844 - I bought it for her image (marketing worked, I guess), and because I was raised on it. It would have to have been really bad for me not to. I NEVER saw it as a racist symbol, but I'm white. I just never thought anybody would. ?
I thought she was my aunt 😭
I was shocked when i discovered my friend and neighbor was the little Sunbeam bread girl. She passed away a month ago. Lived till almost 80.
Is this TN by chance...
?..
@@lasetlivingstin7752 no sure isn't
It's all good sweetheart...I've seen Sunbeam in TN...Have a blessed day...
Sorry your friend is gone, I miss a few myself...Take care...
What did I ever do wrong to get erased off my box and my bottle? I feed y'all for breakfast everyday, and this is the thanks I get?
Weirdo
This is creepy
Bruh
Weirdo
hi ant jemia im 11 nd thank u for making breakfast good every day almost
My grandmother's mother was a slave and my grandmother was a domestic for a wealthy family for years.
I am so proud to see these families recognizing these brave wonderful women who are so much a part of our American history.
Sometimes, her smiling at me, even though she was on a box...I smiled back.
Awwwww you’re so cute
That's creepy
💯
@Hehdb Hehdbrdb I was a little kid. Stop trolling creep!
@Hehdb Hehdbrdb 😂
I never Saw aunt jemima racist She's a icon
Maybe you never saw all of the different depictions of her. Quaker & PepsiCo. could've & should use the image of the originator Mrs. Green.
@Jojew nothing childish about it.
🍃 💗 I agree! (Aunt Jemima is a sweet icon.) 🥞 All I saw as a child was a soft, loving woman and scrumptious pancakes! 🍯
there are old pictures of aunt jemima packaging with her chained. so yes it does come from racist origins
@@ouranhshc100
I doubt that! Show me.
She's is beyond a legend.....rip to this wonderful outstanding women!
please SAVE "Aunt Jemima" I grew up with this food including my children, PLEASE SAVE the brandxxxxxxxx
The name needs to be changed at least “Aunt Jemima” came from a white man mocking black women at a minstrel show Aunt Jemima is suppose to mock the way black women say “Ain’t your momma”
I am so glad that Nancy Green aka: Aunt Jemima is getting her headstone, well deserves!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Yes its the very least she deserves
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@Thomas Lee Howell not everyone is for the 'pay day'...and not everyone can afford to get headstones for their loved ones. Think about those things rather the negative. Some people are 'more privileged' than others.
Nigel Harris exactly, headstones are so expensive, esp elaborate ones.
@@merlynmontes3336 she need to be compensated. They made billions off her and never gave anything back
Do not erase the face of this brand I knew she was real just did not know the legacy please keep the face behind this gr8 recipe that so many of us love to eat !
Is changing the photo going to some how change the recipe???
Majesty they’re complaining because they want to change the fast of an iconic figure
@@idk_who2320 it's the face we don't want to change the face or the recipe we love it the way it is❤
@@HEIRLESSful we love both the face and the recipe ❤
Maria Cusimano-byram exactly
Yes! Thank God y’all are pushing this. America needs beloved Aunt Jemima.
I am a white woman who was raised in Aunt Jemima waffles. Wonderful memories of my family sitting around the breakfast table eating my delicious meal and having fun with my parents and two younger sisters. Are you really saying your going to destroy my childhood memories because the country is s going crazy right now!? I loved the lady on the waffle box and so did my daughter's, grandchildren, AND my great-grandchildren! I promise that if you bend to the bullies of our society I will never buy ANY of your products again!
Why did we have to cancel this? All it is is an awesome black lady who made some kick-ass pancakes
she sho have purty *lips* 😆
Aunt jemima was meant to be a black stereotype that White America could rely on for "good food" and we just know better than to continue to exploit her Nanny image. Either way the pancakes will taste the same regardless of who is on the box.
@TheFinalBoss Please stop trying to cause trouble, with your negativity. No one is getting rid of the products, they are rebranding them, which I disagree with, but the products will still be there.
Her family should be paid $$$,$$$ Period. Now go off! 😊
@TheFinalBoss you are such an idiot. How many "African American success stories " do you think are receiving royalties or any compensation from these brands?
I admit, as a “white woman” the unveiling on Nancy Greens head stone made me tear up.
It was simple, yet so beautiful.
Please don’t “cancel” Aunt Jemima pancakes.
She deserves to be remembered. I never saw her a racist symbol. I saw her as trusted person who made some awesome pancakes....because my own Mom struggled to cook.
The problem with that is "Aunt Jemima" is not her name it's a Pickananny name bestowed on her by yea you guessed it Racist White people made to profit off the back of Black Queen Nancy Green.
I almost thought u understood Ms. white woman but then I see u do not understand. Like Gotdamn.
It is a legacy and should never have been removed!
@@m.e.d.7997 Damn right. Even her own decedents are pissed about this and they have the right to be.
You ALMOST got it right.
But then you just spewed ignorance for YOUR own comfort.
"She" and the other 2 women, should be remembered.
And black people should have representation....other than being depicted in positions of perpetual servitude
Lets keep Aunt Jemima. I love these old black women
They were and still are the back bone of the black community...
To old black women anyone one younger than her is like her child they treat anyone one with respect and they make you feel special
Sept 10, 2020: Blessings to Mrs. Nancy Green's legacy and her descendants! Kate xo
She was an accomplished African American woman. Social Justice advocates will be sure to supported that.
Well then why can't her picture remain on the box?
"Seasons Change, People Change".
Social Justice Warriors only want to suppress freedom of speech.
She will go down in history
@@BadBoy-cp9lp Which one? All of the models, or just the one who invented the recipe?
This is an image to be proud of. It should not be removed.
The rightful image should be replaced. And the royalties for her decedents.
aged badly
@@SpiritualLifeCoach43 What royalties, the fact that it's greedy or underhanded?
Proud of? It represents black face aka racism...
Says a possible white person
By getting rid of the product only builds more hatred
She was a legend for making the best pancake mix, she deserves all good things like a proper headstone, and her face deserves to be on that box #blm
I never knew she was real. I feel real bad not knowing all my life.
Me too!
Me too
Same
imagine all the black history we don't know.
@@barbarawalker6475 Aunt Jemima was a character created by a white man who painted his face & mocked black women at minstrel shows & the name “Aunt Jemima” is suppose to mock the way black women say “Ain’t your momma”
Aunt Jemima is a hero. They even made an episode of South Park where she saves the day. Why was this cancelled? She fits a stereotype? What does that even mean? How many other people have a story like hers?
⛤ I miss her FACE on my syrup
A hero?
What a gorgeous photo on the plaque. Amazing. Such strength and entrepreneurship, truly a lady to look up to.
It is very sad that they want to remove their faces. And I love the fact the history of pancake aka flat jakes and where did it started. It really nice to hear.
Never realized that my favorite “Aunt” was a slave. Just thought of as a person who owned a restaurant and was known for her great pancakes. So sad that people had to make a racist issue out of her picture. I imagined her as a beautiful grandmother who made the best pancakes. And all her family joined her at home looking forward to their favorite breakfast..
LMFAO i love how hard some white people try to ignore racism
@Lynn Roberts are we going to start speaking correct or?
@@emi11iana I love how some white folks push racism when guess what?? YOUR WHITE TOO. There isn't anymore racism other than the racist crap you people keep pushing.
The company used a "Mammie" image to sell the pancakes. Look into the history of that.
I support the discontinuation of the figure. I wanted it to be removed right from childhood..
@@none_ya001 I'm literally half black half latina LMFAO what are you talking about. Get your head out of your ass
They Should Have Never-Ever Taken This Beautiful Ladie's Face Off Of The Bottle..!!
She Worked Hard, And Made Something Out Of Herself And Made HER AMERICAN DREAM..!!
❤🇺🇸
The image on the bottle in no way resembles the original "Aunt Jemima" because the original "Aunt Jemima" was a white man in black face.
Watching his while eating homemade pancakes, on this beautiful Sunday. RIP to all the aunts! May we never forget you!
We have contributed so much to a country that still hates us! GO FIGURE!🙄🙄🙄
I think it would be a shame to rebrand this product! She is an icon! Everyone loves Aunt Jemima pancakes and syrup❣️
Aunt Jemima is an icon it would be a shame to change the name
@anger & rage That is how she actually looked and dressed. Maybe it's your racist perception that makes you think it is derogatory.
@anger & rage I'm Native American fuckwad. My best friend's mom wore a kerchief on her head and a smock while she cooked the best fried chicken in the world. She wasn't posing for no god damn pancake box she was a real person and your racist bullshit is disrespectful to her and women like her.
@anger & rage Yea tell that to my grandpa and grandma that were born on a reservation in Oklahoma. I have their birth certificates proudly framed on the wall of my office. Also try and tell my 78 year old single female black neighbor that I'm racist when I cut her grass for free and avoid her when she tries to pay me. Oh guess what, she drinks malt liquor, I guess that's racist too right? Some people are proud of their heritage, you must be a sad pitiful little punk ashamed of yourself for being black. What you need to do is accept and embrace your color instead of blaming others for your own individual shortcomings. Get a fucking life kid.
Balck people did not ask for this we love the brand
Exactly. This is bullshit! Getting rid of aunt Jemima is racist in itself.
Black people didn't but African Americans who have knowledge of self and their lineage did. These companies should've originally used Mrs. Green as the brand character. Instead they kept the world in the dark of this truth & still some find nothing wrong with this. Wake up!
@@johanmassy5290 we wasny in the dark real balck people know all the important people. But they trying to make balck people out to be some whining babies we are not thinking about that we have bigger things to worry about than a label.
I say if white people really want to do something how about giving us some reparation. Im still waiting for my 40acres & a mule, but id settle for cash. When we talk reparation they dont want to hear that, but they want to remove aunt jemima & uncle ben from ppl minds huh like black ppl & slavery didnt existed like they want no images or history to trace back to slavery, they want no accountability. Where's our reparation for 400years of slavery?!!! We been enslaved more than we been free. Money talks bullshit walk. And the aunt Jemima thing is bullshit.
@@bigman4407 reparations can come in the form of land tax abatements or 850 + credit scores!!!! It's about thinning the wealth gap. Not buying a Cadillac
Canceling Aunt Jemima was a bad idea for the Pearl Milling Company, (a subsidiary of PepsiCo). Please bring her back. America needs her.
Thank you for sharing the
history of Nancy Green the
Great Aunt Jimima.Ms. Dorothy
Triche.
I'm from Jamaica and Aunt Jemima is the best, why would anyone wanna take something so delicious and rooted😣 I hate how they wanna erase "the good thing them".
I'm from Scotland and have never seen this brand but I think her story should be on the box.
@@TheLadyDelirium most definitely should, give unto Cesar what is due so everyone can know her story.
@@BonnieRoyalty Glad you agreed.
@@johanmassy5290 of course, do what's right.
no one is suggesting to change the recipe, but rebrand the product. The nostalgia you have from the packaging is rooted in exploitation, what is the difficulty in understanding that?
I can't believe especially after hearing this that the companies are fading out the name and photo of Aunt Jemima items still. Seriously I feel its more insulting and rude to take that away than to just keep it. Put the real woman's name and photo as well as a short version of her story on the box if they're going to change it so the story doesn't die. Things like this is how history is forgotten.
pepsico probably didnt know ... have you ever beem through a corporate acquisition?
people just spout of judgmental bullshit with no clue what TF they are talking about.
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@lisangel She sold the recipe to a company a long long time ago. Do your research. She was paid for it. Now this "family' wants handouts.
Everyone knows the name and the brand. Not only did she serve these pancakes or as she called them flapjacks she served them to current Americans. She should beheld in a place of honor.
Our history is so great and rich in many ways 😊 much love and respect 💕
The cancel culture sucks. This is why Pepsi Co. has decided to take this brand away. So sad that a entire story with it will also be washed away. I vote to keep Aunt Jamima in our kitchens across the world. We don’t want her to go anywhere!
Because the company did wrong by the original owner. The story should have been told long ago. Before fear of being canceled.
What do you know!? So white liberals speak for black people, but they are full of s#it and have idea what they are talking about!
I bought the last of the original Land 'O Lakes from the store once I heard she was getting canceled! Sad that these companies are now self canceling!
Absolutely!!
@Aaron Sochaczweski how long have they been facing bankruptcy?
Don’t faze her out. It’s history and a sweet history.
That headstone brought me to tears.This story needs to be told
This is a beautiful headstone I just love it and love the story behind it, the company should be a shame of themselves for not helping. Now all we need now is a movie of her life. This would be amazing, really amazing
Literally no black person asked for this rebranding. We love Aunt jemima and what would be better is renaming it Aunt Nancy. I hope pepsico listens and doesn't erase this legacy.
She was and is a part of American culture and history,please don't erase her from our memories.
She’s an Aunt to all of all people, now I know her legacy and I love her more!
BULLSHIT ... plenty of black people with their fake wokeness think it is racist.
Her name probably was Jemima
A young black woman did a famous Tik Tok skit expressing outrage over Aunt Jemima. Millions of people saw it and commented. Do your research. That's what started this movement, after Black Lives Matter and the murder of George Floyd.
They should never take her off the pancake mix and the syrup... PepsiCo need to leave it alone
I can recall while working for a municipal branch in my city, there in the lobby hung several photos of people with celebrity statues and Aunt Jemima was one of them. I was so proud and it made me feel good because my mom was dark completion , heavy set and ebbed out a decent living for us as a cook. This was back in the 80ties.
So, why don’t they put her back, as she deserves?! NOW they’re being racist by stripping her name off the brand smh
So a woman’s innovation, recipe and ‘spirit’ were used, but her identity, name and real history were deemed irrelevant. It wasn’t the PC phase-out that erased her history; the profiting company did that, by deeming the *individuals* unimportant. A composite, superficial, fictional image-ambassador could more easily be owned and marketed.
What big brand has its creator actual photograph on the packaging. People are trying to solve major issues with unrelated solutions.
Kelci Bee For example: “Orville Redenbacher” popcorn - eponymous; “Newman’s Own” salad dressings (and other products) - Paul Newman
@@kelcibee1648 haven't you ever heard of fashion designers? Their names are all over!
As far as pictures/images- many brands and products. Do research.
I don't see how you can say they deemed her unimportant, when her picture was on the box. What were they supposed to do, write her whole history on the box? By taking her picture off the box, your side is taking away the recognition that she got.
She didn't create the recipe and there were multiple aunt Jemimas. She, and multiple others were exploited as mascots only. When she died she was still a housekeeper and broke. She was buried in an unmarked grave that took an unrelated historian almost two decades to find. Her family didn't give a shot about Nancy Green until now. What a bullshit puff peace this was. Nancy Green was exploited and used as a side show act for all the ignorant white folks, PERIOD!
Aunt Nancy’s pancakes, and tell a readers digest version of her story on every box and a link to read the full story online. 👍
Most definitely
I love this!!!
Yesss 💯
Teach
That is a good name for Aunt Jemima replacement.
I'm so glad they shared this story i had no idea they were real people . thank you.
I’m very thankful to hear the true story of Aunt Jemima, aka Nancy Green and the other beautiful women that carried on her on her story. Thank you for sharing her story.
Y’all already took the Indian lady off land lakes but y’all kept the land 🤣😭
Exactly. Silly solutions that don't come close to solving the problem
*Native American
JD Bond ok snowflake 🤓
nick sanders She isn’t from India... so.... she isn’t Indian.
JD Bond damn that’s crazy I don’t remember fucking asking
I'm white and phasing out Aunt Jemima is phasing out part of my childhood. 😥
Poor Uncle Ben he's going to be all by himself now he's going to say damn my old lady is not here no more I'm lonely what the hell is going on😁😆😅🤣😂 what you're seeing here is a liberal lunatic lunacy at its best
Aww. Poor white girl.😢
🤣
@@starlightangel1990 Oh please don’t worry about me, I’ll survive 😂
@@dobermanguy9437 came here cuz now twitter is trying to take off uncle Ben off the rice now
god given talent... thats not even her recipe. she was a commercial model.
I like the Original Aunt Jemima's Picture my the Pancake Box 😃🥰 The one back in the 50's, 60's/70's.
"They used what they had to become what they were". What a powerful statement.
When I was a young boy decades ago, there was a promotion hosted by the company that produced the pancake mix. That's when I met Aunt Jemima. I ran up to her embracing her because to me she was a celebrity who I admired as the face of a product I loved. And, I loved her. She was a delightful person and it didn't matter in the least that she was a Black woman.
I am sorry that all of this political correctness is removing the positive aspects of Black culture that many of us remember fondly.
Wow u said this with pride.. Xoxoxo
Amazing
"Positive aspects of black culture"?
Oh. Ur funny and ignorant.
@@starlightangel1990 spoken like a true southerner.
It’s the democrat trying to erase their own history so that they don’t get canceled l
It's sad that this
Offending everyone....is out of control
I love Aunt Jemima's logo
BLM.... this is a positive message
We all know black wemon can throw down yummy goodness
Why take away a " stereotype"
Just because the color of her skin....
Leave her legacy alone.....
BTW....
this is a real person... generations ago....
And her family couldn't be prouder....
Leave our AMERICAN HISTORY
( no matter subject) alone....
Nancy Was a cook, a nurse....
Pioneering wemon and wemon of color...
From Texas
This is sooo wonderful to know this story.No matter what they try to do to erase her. We know and you know who the goodness you eat and that's in our kitchen fridge.The great Women behind those delicious pancakes.
That 400 million dollars they so called “set aside” should go to those ladies families point. blank. period. 🤔😑
Yes I agree
That would be fair, but.......You know how corporations work.
Ded, no. Businesses don't work that way.
Ok who specifically should get the money. Didnt the lady pass in the 20'? Which family member even knew they were related to her? Who knew her story? Or should they just pay a relative just because they are a relative?
Nunya Bizness They should pay her direct descendants ie. Her children’s children(grandchildren and great grand children) up unit four generations. That is standard practice. They also could pay her brothers children because they are direct descendant as retainer relatives.
God bless her and she deserves to be recognized she helped a lot of people
Wow this is insane Thank you for this post!! All this time I really thought she was not real till I found out some time in late 90’s .. when our parents asked us what we wanted in the grocery store our first choice was Jemima pancake and syrup,as growing up we didn’t think anything . Shameful they took this icon pancake image out of their products. It’s important not to erase our history. I truly love pancakes. ❤️🥞AUNT JEMINA will live forever in our hearts. (Nancy green)
Thank you for this video. I sorely needed to hear all of your words and story. Many blessings...
She was a true entrepreneur God bless her heart in the name of Jesus Christ AMEN!!!
The headstone was so beautiful , made ME cry!
She was a slave, entrepreneurs earn money
amen
She did not invent the pancake mixs. She was the very first person to have her picture on the box. Nancy traveled all over the country. She did alot for this business. But this company wanted to go to Paris and she said no. She was not going to get on a boat and spend 3 weeks crossing the ocean. So they let her go. She was not a millionaire. But she got to travel. She died from being hit by a automobile. She was 89. Her picture being removed from these boxes and syrup bottles are just plain idiotic. Nancy is one reason why that company excel.
She's always been like a grand mother to me.
Me too.
Thank you for sharing this story of such a strong woman.
Eating breakfast is a staple that brings families and individuals together.
I'm a black man and I don't feel like Aunt Jemima's logo was racist. I also like the logo of Uncle Ben's rice and the Mrs. Butterworth's syrup logo. The only logo that was racist was Uncle Remus syrup... "Dis sho' am good."
Aunt Jamina, when her name is Nancy Green? That's a bit telling. It's like calling a white man Woodie when his real name is David. What is a person really saying? We all know that a Pecker Wood is a racist name. Jamina is a "Mammie" name. (house slave name)So they took away the slave cook image, but the name is the same. Hmm. I love your open-mindedness, but don't be fooled. This may just be a political stunt that doesn't bring about any real change. They are starting from the bottom up, instead of the top down.
@@dsmith019 SNOWFLAKE INBOUND
Of course its racist, they put a slave on the box
@@ripwins
They changed her picture. The new logo looks like a typical housewife.
@@alanmorris7669 and they still didn't pay her a dime, no equity in the company.....what yall celebrating for?
My grandmother made pancakes for me every Saturday, while I live with her. I love her. She was born in 1906, May 11. She died February 4, 1990. Thank you God, for letting me be a rich man. Because I was when my Maw walked the earth. I miss her so much. The only person I knew with real common sense.
😰 I’m sure she misses you and proud of the person you became. Do her proud
Iam smiling just joy to my Heart. Thank you for letting us be apart it .
Oh my goodness, that gave me chills to see her headstone...
My question here stays the same. So why are they going to remove that "Aunt Jemima" brand off the shelf so heart breaking 💔
🎶like spring without the fall🎶there's only one thing worse in this universe🎶and that's no Aunt Jemima at all....😢
The "woke" crowd has erased a icon as well as erased those royaltie checks the family was gettin. Freakin sad as hell to be honest.
My Aunt jemima will live in my heart forever and my children hearts
I always thought Aunt Jemima was Hattie from Gone With The Wind.
Who won an Oscar for her performance but wasn’t allowed to attend the ceremony because she was black. It’s time to recognize our nations terrible history with race only then can we move forward. I’m an educator and taught many different history curriculums and I’ve seen some outrageous examples of “glossing over” to justifying slavery to calling slaves “helpers who were just happy to be in America” ntm just ignoring instances like the race riot in Tulsa or the murder of Emmet Till and the acquittals of his killers.
America is great because we are still here despite our really messed up past. If we could just acknowledge ALL of it we would be much better for it but this trying to teach our kids revisionist history is indoctrination to American Exceptionalism and its why there’s such a backlash now.
WOW
@@kylew.4896 who is denying the slave trade and or Jim Crow. What does acknowledging mean?
@@kylew.4896 Hattie McDaniel's is the one you're thinking about
Woooooooooooow
I can’t believe they canceled Aunt Jemima. She has been popular my whole life.
It's a shame Aunt Jamima was removed because of the "woke" people. Literally she had a redesign to remove the minstrel caricature. But people took it further and just flat out removed her legacy. Sad.
This was a great story and the people they interviewed were amazing
I went out and bought all the syrup and pancakes mixs before they took them off the shelf
Christine...Me too...over the past few months, I've accumulated about a half dozen boxes of Aunt Jemima pancake mix, and nearly two gallons of her pancake syrup, as well! I live in the San Francisco bay area, by the way. Kindest regards. ⚘
Now you want to faze her out because her history is out you’ve been making millions off of stolen product!
Rolan Gold what ? I thought the family was getting money for her recipe for the pancake mix. I didn’t know any one of this. So who’s getting the money ? White ppl ?
@@debbvaughn493 Yes, every single white person is getting a cut.
One of the best human interest stories I've seen in awhile
I love aunt jeimi as a child and still eating her pancakes and still love her i am ahead i bought all the her syrup and pancake mix.
After the box was empty I fix her picture in my photo album