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in reply to a message by Shiply
It's not a hundred percent unusable but I'd advise against it. Pancakes will be the first thing that comes to almost everybody's minds when they hear the name, that and the not-very-PC image of the black Mammy in her kerchief.
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Definitely.
They actually had to modernize Aunt Jemima some time ago so that she looks like a housewife instead of a maid, but I think a lot of people still recognize the original Aunt Jemima with the kerchief.
I remember first seeing the older version of Aunt Jemima when I was 10 or 11. The picture was in a Nickelodeon magazine, where they explained the history of advertising characters as a special for the particular issue. Also included were Little Debbie and Oscar Mayer. I wasn't shocked then - I wasn't fully aware of the old caricatures of black people until I was 13.
They actually had to modernize Aunt Jemima some time ago so that she looks like a housewife instead of a maid, but I think a lot of people still recognize the original Aunt Jemima with the kerchief.
I remember first seeing the older version of Aunt Jemima when I was 10 or 11. The picture was in a Nickelodeon magazine, where they explained the history of advertising characters as a special for the particular issue. Also included were Little Debbie and Oscar Mayer. I wasn't shocked then - I wasn't fully aware of the old caricatures of black people until I was 13.
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