In a comment on the pro-Fart blog "Political Tea Leaves", Mystere took me to task for not knowing Black history.
As per Mystere, is is a "fact" that the Aunt Jemima logo "came from a photo of the lady who happened to be black [and] created a successful business of pancake syrup and mixes by herself and hard work".
So, I need to study Black History. As per Mystere (an assertion he makes using his "Rattrapper" account). But do I? Because what Mystere writes is false. It is a fictional account of the origin of the Aunt Jemima character. It does not comport with the actual history.
| Wikipedia Articles Aunt Jemima and Nancy Green, excerpts...
Nancy Green portrayed the Aunt Jemima character at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and was one of the first Black corporate models in the United States. Subsequent advertising agencies hired dozens of actors to perform the role as the first organized sales promotion campaign. Nancy Green (March 4, 1834 to August 30, 1923) was an American former female slave, who, as "Aunt Jemima", was one of the first African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark. The famous Aunt Jemima recipe was not her recipe, but she became the advertising world's first living trademark. Green was hired by the R.T. Davis Milling Company in St. Joseph, Missouri, to represent "Aunt Jemima", an advertising character named after a song from a minstrel show. They were looking for a Mammy archetype to promote their product... In 2014, a lawsuit was filed against Quaker Oats, PepsiCo, and others, claiming that Green and Anna Short Harrington (who portrayed Aunt Jemima starting in 1935) were exploited by the company and cheated out of the monetary compensation they were promised. The plaintiffs were two of Harrington's great-grandsons, and they sought a multi-billion dollar settlement for descendants of Green and Harrington. The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice and without leave to amend on February 18, 2015. |
So, according to Mystere's revisionist fictional history, Aunt Jemima founded the company (and presumably created the recipe for the syrup and pancake mix) through hard work. And racist liberals want to cancel her. Because she was a successful Black female entrepreneur which angers KKK Democrats.
But Mystere's fictional account of Aunt Jemima is not REAL Black History. As per the actual history, Aunt Jemima was not a family owned business founded by an African American woman named Jemima.
Mystere (because he is a racist) denies the real history, which is that "Aunt Jemima" is a fictional mascot created by the Pearl Milling Company. And that Nancy Green (among other African American women) was hired to protray "Aunt Jemima".
While that would have been a better origin story, it isn't the real history. If that was what acutally happened, Liberals would say Aunt Jemima should not be canceled. But, as per the real history, Nancy Green was "exploited by the company and cheated out of the monetary compensation" she was promised.
THAT was her reward for her hard work, Mystere. She was screwed over. Quaker Oats said that "Aunt Jemima is a fictional character — and not based on a real person". So, Aunt Jemima the mascot did NOT come "from a photo of the lady". Well, that is what they argued. To avoid losing the lawsuit and having to pay up.
Mystere likes this fictionalized version because it allows him to say, "no, it's Democrats who are racist. They want to cancel Aunt Jemima".
YES. We do want to cancel her. Because she was a racist mascot. NOT the founder of the company. That would be a different situation. Then I'd be against canceling her. We'd be celebrating her.
But, the fact is that rightturds love racist mascots.
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As per the blogger Minus FJ, if you think the tomahawk chop is racist, you're guilty of trying to "steal away native American's heritage".
Even though "The Kansas City Indian Center has called on the team to change the name and stop the chop". These must be Native Americans who want to steal away their own heritage.
These are minorities who are racist against themselves, apparently. Why they don't like it when White people "honor their heritage" by using them as mascots. Dressing up like them. Perhaps in Blackface or by donning a Native American headdress. Putting on Blackface, that's also "honoring", right?
