[Opinions] it's a vicious circle...
Jemima holds onto its bad association because it's so rarely used. I expect that when the Aunt Jemima character was developed the name was already fairly uncommon, or associated strongly with older black women.
And the name is not used because of that one strong association.
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Jemima  ·  Shiply  ·  3/29/2012, 12:29 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  pistachio  ·  3/30/2012, 7:21 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  Eilis  ·  3/29/2012, 8:57 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  WisteriaAnn  ·  3/29/2012, 6:29 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  guru  ·  3/29/2012, 6:24 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  Violet  ·  3/29/2012, 6:20 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  abbasdaughter  ·  3/29/2012, 6:14 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  Teacups  ·  3/29/2012, 5:41 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  Lily  ·  3/29/2012, 5:01 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  Marie  ·  3/29/2012, 4:33 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  Billina  ·  3/29/2012, 3:03 PM
tell us what you really think...  ·  Caralena Estelle  ·  3/29/2012, 10:24 PM
ITA  ·  mirfak  ·  3/29/2012, 9:18 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  queenv  ·  3/29/2012, 3:06 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  Billina  ·  3/29/2012, 3:06 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  RoxStar  ·  3/29/2012, 5:41 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  Billina  ·  3/29/2012, 6:02 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  queenv  ·  3/29/2012, 2:53 PM
Re: Jemima  ·  RoxStar  ·  3/29/2012, 1:50 PM
Definitely.  ·  pistachio  ·  3/30/2012, 7:26 PM
*sigh*  ·  Bear  ·  3/29/2012, 12:40 PM
Re: *sigh*  ·  queenv  ·  3/29/2012, 2:56 PM
Re: *sigh*  ·  Shiply  ·  3/29/2012, 1:48 PM
Re: *sigh*  ·  Caralena Estelle  ·  3/29/2012, 10:28 PM
the problem (from my perspective)  ·  Clippy  ·  3/29/2012, 5:05 PM
Re: the problem (from my perspective)  ·  New_Chloe  ·  3/30/2012, 10:14 AM
Re: the problem (from my perspective)  ·  queenv  ·  3/30/2012, 10:32 AM
Re: the problem (from my perspective)  ·  Ludwig  ·  3/30/2012, 11:25 AM
Re: the problem (from my perspective)  ·  New_Chloe  ·  3/30/2012, 10:57 AM
Re: the problem (from my perspective)  ·  Shiply  ·  3/30/2012, 4:11 AM
i see it a little differently  ·  Caralena Estelle  ·  3/29/2012, 10:23 PM
Agree, it's problematic when you start talking about "reclaiming". nt  ·  Teacups  ·  3/29/2012, 8:39 PM
it's a vicious circle...  ·  RoxStar  ·  3/29/2012, 2:00 PM
I agree (m)  ·  pistachio  ·  3/30/2012, 7:15 PM
Re: it's a vicious circle...  ·  queenv  ·  3/29/2012, 2:58 PM
Adolf reminds me of my favorite knock-knock joke when I was little...  ·  RoxStar  ·  3/29/2012, 5:17 PM
Re: Adolf reminds me of my favorite knock-knock joke when I was little...  ·  Tassiegirl  ·  3/29/2012, 7:10 PM