Food giant Mars now says it's 'evaluating all possibilities' for changing its Uncle Ben's brand — which has long been criticized as a stereotype. The move comes after news that Aunt Jemima will be changing its name and image.
over its glorification of the antebellum South. Scores of brands have rushed to express solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, in some cases facing criticism of hypocrisy and lack of diversity among their leadership.Old Aunt Jemima
"Aunt Jemima has her roots really in the minstrel era of the 19th century when dancing happy slaves were depicted on the stage, usually by whites in blackface," Patricia Turner, then vice provost of undergraduate studies at U.C. Davis and a professor of African-American studies,In recent years, Quaker Foods has changed the image, for example removing the"mammy" headscarf from the depiction.
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