Did Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima have any children?
By Scar D. Cat
@Scarred4Lyfe (691)
June 1, 2024 3:58pm CST
And how bad was the financial hit to their lifestyle when Aunt Jemima got fired? I think that was a total bullshit move by Quaker Oats. She'd worked for the company for scores of years and was a prominent public figure.
Just goes to show how you can lose everything in the blink of an eye. 
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@kareng (67628)
• United States
3 Jun
@Scarred4Lyfe True. And they didn't expect the backlash either.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Jun
@Scarred4Lyfe This was racially wrong? That's ridiculous. So, the Jolly Great Giant, he needs to be shorter and wear red long under-ware!
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@Scarred4Lyfe (691)
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2 Jun
A fine example of how completely carried away by inconsequential things people can get.
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@kaylachan (74877)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Jun
She wasn't an actual person, but a symbol. Just because a minority decided to make their issues someone else's product. If you don't like the symbols for some mystery reason, stop buying the product, or I don't know, cover it up.
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@lifecoachjerusalem (1285)
• Israel
2 Jun
I found this, and Aunt Jemima was a real person: Nancy Green..
After nearly a century, Nancy Green will be finally honored.
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@BarBaraPrz (48488)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 Jun
@lifecoachjerusalem I had seen that before, too.
@wolfgirl569 (111413)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Jun
I think they had enough saved. But it wasn't right
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@RasmaSandra (82412)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Jun
These are the kind of people you expect to last forever and associate with the products, And once again we come up against the wrong kind of thinking, I picked this up online
The PepsiCo-owned company is retiring the brand and its namesake character, acknowledging that “Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype
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@Deepizzaguy (106501)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Jun
That is true how we can lose our fortune quickly.
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@BarBaraPrz (48488)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 Jun
Who's next? The old Quaker himself?
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@lifecoachjerusalem (1285)
• Israel
2 Jun
That would be a shame, in Hebrew the word for oatmeal is " quaker" I was shocked the first time I heard the word.
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@RebeccasFarm (91981)
• Arvada, Colorado
3 Jun
I'm sure they did..baby mama baby daddy.
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@FourWalls (71337)
• United States
2 Jun
Aunt Jemima was a real person…real name Nancy Green.
After nearly a century, Nancy Green will be finally honored.
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@Scarred4Lyfe (691)
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3 Jun
I still don't really get what all the hullabaloo was about.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
1 Jun
Aunt Jemima was a legend, for many years
Uncle Ben, yah he's been around for quite a while. Firing Aunt Jemima was a harsh injustice! As a matter of fact, didn't she invent the blueberry pancake? And Uncle Ben won a televised eating contest, consuming 200 blueberry pancakes at the World Fair
Uncle Ben, yah he's been around for quite a while. Firing Aunt Jemima was a harsh injustice! As a matter of fact, didn't she invent the blueberry pancake? And Uncle Ben won a televised eating contest, consuming 200 blueberry pancakes at the World Fair2 people like this
@LindaOHio (183886)
• United States
2 Jun
I miss Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben. I thought it was totally unnecessary to get rid of them.
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@MarieCoyle (40697)
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1 Jun
Yes, you really can lose everything in a very short time.
And when it happens, the chips, or in this case, the pancakes, go down very quickly.
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