“The character of Aunt Jemima is an invitation to white people to indulge in a fantasy of enslaved people — and by extension, all of Black America — as submissive, self-effacing, loyal, pacified and pacifying,” Twitty wrote in a recent NBC Think essay. “It positions Black people as boxed in, prepackaged and ready to satisfy; it’s the problem of all consumption, only laced with racial overtones.”
This piece is interesting but even the relatives understand the imagery to be racist.
I’m just gonna say… I don’t really think this was the kind of media representation were looking for. Or needed. Or found helpful in any way.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/relatives-aunt-jemima-actresses-express-concern-history-will-be-erased-n1231769
From that article:
This piece is interesting but even the relatives understand the imagery to be racist.
Except Twitty isn’t a relative, as the previous paragraph to the one you quoted will tell you. He’s just a “culinary historian” with an opinion.
Yes. I’m referring to the family’s quote at the end of the piece.
Then why didn’t you quote that?
I wanted to highlight that quote
Well, why didn’t you?
I posted exactly what I intended. Why?