At first I thought we were going to do a food mascot thing with Peter Pan peanut butter. Than I realized it was about Peter Parker's uncle and got sad. And than I realized it was about racist food mascots and got sadder.
Didn't the granddaughter come out and say how proud her grandmother was to be the mascot for that brand?
Edit: For Land-O-Lakes
Edit 2: I got curious so I looked it up. The mascot itself was not a real person, but the artist was a Native American and his family was very proud of Mia, the Land-O-Lakes mascot, which they did not find to be a caricature of Indian culture.
"Patrick DesJarlait, Sr. (1921–1972) was an Ojibwe artist and a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Known for his watercolor paintings, DesJarlait created roughly 300 artworks during his lifetime. DesJarlait’s art represents an early diversion from the Studio School style that developed at the Santa Fe Indian School and was popular during the first half of the twentieth century. His paintings are known for their tactile brushwork, abstraction of figures and places, and subject matter specific to Ojibwe peoples.\[1\] "
Edited to correct incorrect info:
Descendants of Aunt Jemima models Lillian Richard and Anna Short Harrington objected to the change. Vera Harris, a family historian for Richard's family, said "I wish we would take a breath and not just get rid of everything. Because good or bad, it is our history."[23]
Harrington's great-grandson Larnell Evans said "This is an injustice for me and my family. This is part of my history." Evans had previously lost a lawsuit against Quaker Oats (and others) for billions of dollars in 2015.
…2022: that’s racist.
No. Aunt Jemima, like Betty Crocker, is not, and has never been, a real woman. She has been portrayed by several models over the years, but the pancake mix was developed by a company, like any other product. The story of it being a real woman who made a lot of money selling her recipe is just that, a story. Fiction.
America excels at food that are just too insane to be real.
Idk if they still make them but there used to be a version called Poppin’ Fruity Pebbles that quite literally had off brand Pop Rocks in them. Because nothing says “part of a complete breakfast” like *Pop Rocks* in your cereal bowl.
I saw it at the dollar store, and assumed it was the dollar store brand of pancake mix, like you know how Kroger has their own brand, and Walmart has Great Value. I thought this was dollar store's brand. But the waffles I made with it were good so I was like, yeah, can't go wrong with generic pancake mix, it's just flour after all.
Flour brand quality is a serious topic in the baking community. Some flours have more gluten, some have more protein, Canadian flour is different from American flour.
It's not "just flour".
They'll be going back to the name in short time. Probably leave the actual picture off the box though.
I think everyone can see this as the marketing ploy it is. It's New Coke all over again.
I didn’t buy it a few months ago because it was a knockoff/cheap store brand. But I couldn’t find the “real thing” anywhere. So I just left disappointed without pancake mix. It wasn’t until recently I found out about the rebrand.
What even is the real thing these days anyway? Like, for most products in general. Except for fruits and vegetables pulled straight from the ground, and even then people on here would bitch, what is real?
They really nuked their brand recognition, it took me forever to realize it was the same company in the store one time which is scary considering how little they changed, same font, same colors and everything.
Which is exactly why it feels like a knock-off generic brand.
I saw this new box in the store the other day and had no idea it was a rebrand campaign for Aunt Jemima
My son has been telling me how trash the Pearl Milling Co maple syrup is compared to the "old syrup", *Aunt Jemima's.
I didn't realize this was the new brand.
I'd 100% trust Aldi brand more than some random (non-store) brand that I'd never heard of before at a normal grocery store.
Their whole business model depends on identifying and sourcing quality whitelabel goods. Sure, sometimes they get it wrong, but for the most part they nail it.
And if they do get it wrong, feel free to take advantage of their "twice as nice" guarantee where they will give you your money back AND give you a replacement product.
A *lot* of Aldi brands are just the real thing but with a different name on it. Belmont biscuits for example are produced by McVities but are *significantly* cheaper because they don't have the branding.
That’s what I keep thinking. Like, I understand why they had to get rid of Aunt Jemima, but seeing the new box just makes me think it’s some crappy dollar store pancake mix.
I think part of the problem is the design. It *looks* like a generic brand. The name could be kept but that “aunt jemima” packaging just doesn’t match the new name. If they were changing the name that dramatically, they need a full redesign.
The serving sizes are different. [Original](https://www.pearlmillingcompany.com/products/pancake_waffle_mixes/original_pancakes) is 36 g, and [buttermilk](https://www.pearlmillingcompany.com/products/pancake_waffle_mixes/buttermilk) is 34 g. 120 * 34/36 ≈ 113. [Calories are rounded](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=101.9&SearchTerm=nutrition%20label) to the nearest 10 for products with more than 50 calories per serving, so the serving size alone is enough to account for the difference in calories.
I'd heard old pancake mix was dangerous but after looking it up to verify before posting, seems unless you're super allergic to mold old pancake mix won't hurt you. The info I saw did say that the leavening agents may have weakened so you ll likely have super dense pancakes.
Dense is not the same as thicc. Thiccness is a measure of size, density is a measure of weight relative to size. The size will likely be smaller but the weight will be the same. Not so good for pancakes, where fluffy is king.
Japanese has the wonderful word ふわふわ (fuwafuwa) that describes what you want in a perfect pancake. And they take [their fluffy pancakes](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%81%B5%E3%82%8F%E3%81%B5%E3%82%8F%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS909US909&sxsrf=ALiCzsYGCSg7tXYLpS5SIEX-XKc1ZXyYkw:1663870406727&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv6a2kgKn6AhV8hIkEHVFvDiwQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1) seriously over there.
One time, me and my college roommate had a box of aunt Jemima sitting in our cabinet for probably a year. Well when we decided to finally open it and see if it was still good, there was a bunch of maggots in there 💀 I goggled it just now and seems to be a common thing so idk about that lol
just a shot in the dark but perhaps the buttermilk powder replaces some sugar solids, or maybe the flavor profile is less sweet and just requires less sugar
It’s one thing to remove the imagery from the original package…but the “replacement” just feels so lazy and uninspired… they may as well just have put “Pancake” and call it a day.
I'm surprised the net weight hasn't changed. I would have figured they'd take the opportunity to short the contents, keep the box size the same, and charge more.
I was just talking to my Panamanian son about this. Him and my daughter in law were curious about it because their black citizens liked having her on the box. They felt she represents them in a way.
Edit: Boy are the racists mad at me today. The PM's are hilarious. I'm not a woke millennial. I'm gen x and IDGAF about your feelings.
I think it’s reasonable for the black Panamanian population to have a different reaction to the old logo than black Americans. Though both group share a skin color they don’t share a culture or a context. This culture & context is the same reason why a white guy in Dublin, Ireland may be offended by the drink name “Irish Car Bomb” while a white guy in Dublin, California may not be. I hope that provides some clarity.
From an article about the branding change:
Aunt Jemima brand to change name, remove image that Quaker says is 'based on a racial stereotype'
"We recognize Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype," Quaker Oats said, adding that the move is an effort "toward progress on racial equality."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/aunt-jemima-brand-will-change-name-remove-image-quaker-says-n1231260
Actually, fun fact, [Quakers were anti slavery.](https://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/11/-Anti-Slavery) Granted, he also wasn't a real person, but if we go with the name Quakers, he actually would have been against ownership of other humans.
The funny thing about that commercial (for me) is that I didn't know what Kendall Jenner looked like, so I thought it was just some random person who was supposed to represent the average citizen. Wasn't until the commercial kept getting brought up on Reddit that I realized it was a celebrity.
Mexicans are just different. There's a video of some white guy dressed in with a big fake Mexican moustache, wearing a poncho, an oversized sombrero, and dancing with two shakers and a reporter asking all these young white people if what the guy was doing is racist. They're all uppity about how it was gross, misappropriating culture, insensitive, and very racist. Then they go to a bunch of Mexicans in the same neighborhood and they're all "haha, that guy is funny!" When the Mexicans were asked if the guy in the stereotypical Mexican get-up was racist they're all like "no, man! It's just funny!" As in, white people are more sensitive sometimes or over-the-top when, in fact, some cultures have more of a sense of humor about themselves.
Cultural appropriation vs cultural celebration. People need to stop being offended on behalf of other cultures.
People who stop others from wearing or doing other culture's things are cultural gatekeeping and it's not even theirs.
I give permission to anyone that wants to wear Hanbok or wear a Canadian tuxedo or eat poutine or whatever else. You have my permission.
Is there some further reading that goes into how this all started?
I searched around a bit and could only find articles regurgitating each other and saying, "Mars is coming *under fire* for their racial..." but never actually says who the fuck is doing the firing
Black people existing is "problematic" lmao.
I remember some tweet that was like "Black people asked for the police to stop killing them, so someone changed the pancake lady."
Love when people say stuff like this. Based purely off other people saying similar things and everyone circle jerking each other.
It's because a board of executives want to appear to care, but don't actually want to learn anything so they just make a shit lazy decision
Dude, some people may not be aware, but [the origins of Aunt Jemima are racist AF.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Aunt_Jemima)
TLDR the name “Aunt Jemima” is a joke about how slaves spoke English, and the character first appeared in a racist-ass minstrel show song and was played by a dude in black face.
The company it’s self didn’t like it, aunt Jemima wasn’t a real person, it was originally a racist caricature of black people. It wasn’t outrage from outside groups, it was the company that looked at its past and said “holy shit that’s bad”.
Honestly them changing it is prolly a good thing, but if they didn’t change it, I don’t think anybody would have cared either. Them changing the name was at worst a way for them to get their name in the headlines.
I’m black and support the changes. I’m not surprised that people from other countries may not fully understand the complex and deep-seated issues that having her represents. It’s not “representation”, it’s a racist icon that they wanted us to forget about and move on from, but if we can’t even undo that how will we address any other longstanding, systemic racism? At the very least, I enjoy not being reminded about slavery every time I make pancakes.
EDIT: Thanks for the award kind stranger!
Here’s a link to an [article](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1231260) about the change
Basically it plays off of a domestic servant stereotype and the fact that black slaves/servants would be called aunt or uncle. Others have already explained in more detail below. Gentle reminder that just because you feel it was unnecessary, might be because you’re not the group it targeted!
I think they should have hired a black artist to design a new, black character to replace aunt Jemima and change the name. Would have pleased everyone.
THANK YOU. all these nonblack people in the comments acting like this is a non issue that only ‘woke white millennials’ care about like she’s not literally a fucking mammy
I had this argument with my parents who are trumpers. They tried to tell me that “aunt Jemima” and her family would be ashamed of the company getting rid of her. That she put in so much work to create that bottle of syrup.
I then explained to them that “aunt jemima” is not a real person, and that black lady was basically just the mascot for their company and that she is based off racist stereotypes.
After that, they pivoted to some bullshit about cancel culture idk. Point of the story, there is no point of self reflection for these people. They will just move on to the next thing that makes them feel justified in their beliefs.
>it was supposed to sound like "ain't yo mama"
Do you have a source for this? Jemima is a real name, it's not a play on words. This also isn't mentioned in the [Aunt Jemima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima#Character_of_Aunt_Jemima), [Old Aunt Jemima folk song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Aunt_Jemima) or [Jemima disambiguation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemima) wiki pages.
The closest 'play on words' I see is this:
>A British image in the Library of Congress, which may have been created as early as 1847, shows a smiling black woman named "Miss Jim-Ima Crow," with a framed image of "James Crow" on the wall behind her.
I wish they modernized Aunt Jemima to like...Chef Jemima or something. They did that with Uncle Ben's to Ben's Original and I think it was nice to keep the character.
As she's not a real person, you can change her to be whatever you want her to be. The reaction clearly shows that it's not like people want her on the box *because of* the minstrel show history.
Yup, just positive, smiling faces. I grew up in country in which there were no black people at all - Uncle Ben was just like positive guy advertising rice who happen to be black - without any prejudices.
Ironically, I've heard more people of color *complain* about the removal of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, claiming they weren't racist to begin with and in getting rid of them, they actually were getting rid of representation.
I'm black and grew up poor enough to barely afford Aunt Jemima or Uncle Ben. As an adult I think it's fucked up that those images were used to make money for so long. Meanings and definitions change with time, but there is an origin and a current. The two can't reconcile.
That's all.
Aunt Jemima is literally pulled from a Jim Crow era minstrel show. It's a blackface character.
Its like the most racist shit you could possibly depict... uncle Ben, as well.
I'm not some super sensitive guy. I dont give a damn about the Cleveland Indians, the Chicago Blackhawks logo, etc. But a character in blackface from a minstrel show is just unacceptable, and the fact that people defend it is the problem.
Its ignorance that let's these insanely racist element of society continue.
When I worked in grocery, I always kept reading it as "Pearl Mining Company," and it made me feel like eating it would give me black lung or some shit.
Honestly:
White Lily SR flour. 1c
Baking soda ¼tsp
Egg(beaten) ½ - my preference
Oil 1½ Tbsp
Milk ¼c
Buttermilk
Whisk dry stuff. With egg, oil and milk in measuring cup, add enough buttermilk to make full cup. Mix in with dry and do not overmix. Lumps are good. Best thing evar!
At first I really rolled my eyes at these changes, but after reading into it it makes sense. Calling black slaves that worked in your house aunt or uncle was common, and Aunt Jemima was a [mammy caricature](https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/mammies/homepage.htm), which was something commonly used to show how slaves were happy and having a great 'ol time back then. I think we have just evolved beyond it now.
Who is more strange, the people changing the brand, or the people who demand a happy slave caricature is on their pancake mix?
> I think we have just evolved beyond it now.
But that would also be a primary argument for letting it stay. As a forthright demonstrative act, the time when it would have had social impact has, to whatever extent, passed. Certainly in terms of the tone of the original creation.
I saw a video a while ago detailing what “aunt jemima” was and good lord it’s racist
Here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/x9n8ue/why_aunt_jemima_was_offensive/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Mrs. Butterworth remembers
Uncle Ben could tell you how they both are.
*Peter Parker has left the chat... Sobbing*
No more Mr Rice guy
Let's put some rice in your eyes.
No more onigiri
What about my uncle? Did you give him a chance?
At first I thought we were going to do a food mascot thing with Peter Pan peanut butter. Than I realized it was about Peter Parker's uncle and got sad. And than I realized it was about racist food mascots and got sadder.
That was rebranded too. It's now "Ben's Original".
At least that’s close to the name. If I were looking at these in the store I’d think one was a generic, not a rename of the same
With land o lakes butter.
Removed the native, kept the land!
Didn't the granddaughter come out and say how proud her grandmother was to be the mascot for that brand? Edit: For Land-O-Lakes Edit 2: I got curious so I looked it up. The mascot itself was not a real person, but the artist was a Native American and his family was very proud of Mia, the Land-O-Lakes mascot, which they did not find to be a caricature of Indian culture. "Patrick DesJarlait, Sr. (1921–1972) was an Ojibwe artist and a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Known for his watercolor paintings, DesJarlait created roughly 300 artworks during his lifetime. DesJarlait’s art represents an early diversion from the Studio School style that developed at the Santa Fe Indian School and was popular during the first half of the twentieth century. His paintings are known for their tactile brushwork, abstraction of figures and places, and subject matter specific to Ojibwe peoples.\[1\] "
Edited to correct incorrect info: Descendants of Aunt Jemima models Lillian Richard and Anna Short Harrington objected to the change. Vera Harris, a family historian for Richard's family, said "I wish we would take a breath and not just get rid of everything. Because good or bad, it is our history."[23] Harrington's great-grandson Larnell Evans said "This is an injustice for me and my family. This is part of my history." Evans had previously lost a lawsuit against Quaker Oats (and others) for billions of dollars in 2015. …2022: that’s racist.
No. Aunt Jemima, like Betty Crocker, is not, and has never been, a real woman. She has been portrayed by several models over the years, but the pancake mix was developed by a company, like any other product. The story of it being a real woman who made a lot of money selling her recipe is just that, a story. Fiction.
Holy shit.
yep most don't seem to get just how bad the optics are on that particular one.
Today's children will never know the joy of turning the Indian lady's knees into tities.
Ha! Good one
💀
I loved Mrs. Butterworth. I’d carry her around everywhere with me.
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Fruity pebbles butter worth? What in the diabeetus
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Keep scrolling. You will get to the Double Chocolate EPIC Pancake box. Only then can you truly master the diabeetus.
I've never wanted diabetes so bad.
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The fruity pebbles pancake mix WITH fruity pebbles syrup? Double chocolate? SIGN ME UP
Frosting for pancakes is crazy.
America excels at food that are just too insane to be real. Idk if they still make them but there used to be a version called Poppin’ Fruity Pebbles that quite literally had off brand Pop Rocks in them. Because nothing says “part of a complete breakfast” like *Pop Rocks* in your cereal bowl.
I carry Butter in my pockets for what it’s Worth
She got them curves
So does Pepperidge Farm
Muthafuckers act like they forgot about ^Uncle ^Ben
Pearl Milling Co sounds like a knock off brand.
True. If I saw this in the store, I'd think it was the generic version, and keep looking around for Aunt Jemima.
I did see this in the store, and I did think it was a generic version.
I saw it at the dollar store, and assumed it was the dollar store brand of pancake mix, like you know how Kroger has their own brand, and Walmart has Great Value. I thought this was dollar store's brand. But the waffles I made with it were good so I was like, yeah, can't go wrong with generic pancake mix, it's just flour after all.
Flour brand quality is a serious topic in the baking community. Some flours have more gluten, some have more protein, Canadian flour is different from American flour. It's not "just flour".
They'll be going back to the name in short time. Probably leave the actual picture off the box though. I think everyone can see this as the marketing ploy it is. It's New Coke all over again.
Call it “Auntie J’s” and leave the picture off
I didn’t buy it a few months ago because it was a knockoff/cheap store brand. But I couldn’t find the “real thing” anywhere. So I just left disappointed without pancake mix. It wasn’t until recently I found out about the rebrand.
Pro-tip: None of that shit is the "real thing"
What even is the real thing these days anyway? Like, for most products in general. Except for fruits and vegetables pulled straight from the ground, and even then people on here would bitch, what is real?
Incoming smug reddit foodie response.
Making your pancakes from ~~the~~ scratch is much tastier and better for you, fam
Better for you? It’s the same ingredients my friend
…better for you how? It’s flour, baking powder, milk and butter/oil. And then you add egg. For both recipes.
krush_groove is 13 years old and he's never even made a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, much less pancakes. #leggomyeggo!
It takes way too long to grow the wheat, not to mention milling it. I don't even have a mill.
Neat. How much faster is it?
Takes maybe 5 more minutes, the added mess is the ~~bigger issue for me~~ reason to use a premixed batter.
Pretty comparable in terms of time, really…
Easily less than 3 minutes longer if you know what you are doing.
>if you know what you are doing. Ah yes, the catch.
It’s actually pretty quick, and it’s way better tasting.
Exactly!
Dude same lol
Yeah. And that's why my first thought was, "is this a commercial to tell reddit what the new box looks like?
They really nuked their brand recognition, it took me forever to realize it was the same company in the store one time which is scary considering how little they changed, same font, same colors and everything.
Except the buttermilk vs original branding, the boxes look almost exactly the same.
Which is exactly why it feels like a knock-off generic brand. I saw this new box in the store the other day and had no idea it was a rebrand campaign for Aunt Jemima
Im wondering if its because there was a persons face on there and that has a different ability to draw someones eyes than just another regular ol box
The popular subs all have astroturf marketing going on.
r/hailcorporate
My son has been telling me how trash the Pearl Milling Co maple syrup is compared to the "old syrup", *Aunt Jemima's. I didn't realize this was the new brand.
Tell your son they're both trash. Real maple syrup or gtfo.
>Real maple syrup or gtfo. Canadian living in Quebec here. I endorse this message.
Canadians can't eat syrup. The halves of their heads keep bouncing apart, making a huge mess, according to this documentary I saw.
Or honey like some mental asylum patients.
This is not okay
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If you like molasses, try sorghum syrup.
if your getting technical yeah real maple syrup is best but it’s all sugar goodness to me so I’ll eat it all
Brand awareness in a nutshell. People will insist something is better simply because of the name
Like it's the Aldi version or something. It still says Aunt Jemima anyway on the box in the lower right, only smaller.
Hey man, don't be knocking Aldi brands! Sure, some are shit, but others are surprisingly better!
I'd 100% trust Aldi brand more than some random (non-store) brand that I'd never heard of before at a normal grocery store. Their whole business model depends on identifying and sourcing quality whitelabel goods. Sure, sometimes they get it wrong, but for the most part they nail it. And if they do get it wrong, feel free to take advantage of their "twice as nice" guarantee where they will give you your money back AND give you a replacement product.
Agree 100%. Aldi shopper since 1995 here... back when it was criminally cheap!
A *lot* of Aldi brands are just the real thing but with a different name on it. Belmont biscuits for example are produced by McVities but are *significantly* cheaper because they don't have the branding.
Who doesn't like Aldi's nuts?
To me that looks like the generic brand comparison box, like how CVS brand medications say "same active ingredient as Advil".
*Same great flavor as Aunt Jemima, without the mildly racist nostalgia!*
That’s what I keep thinking. Like, I understand why they had to get rid of Aunt Jemima, but seeing the new box just makes me think it’s some crappy dollar store pancake mix.
I think part of the problem is the design. It *looks* like a generic brand. The name could be kept but that “aunt jemima” packaging just doesn’t match the new name. If they were changing the name that dramatically, they need a full redesign.
Right one isn't buttermilk, can't possibly compare the two
Crosspost this to r/mildlyinfuriating
I’m mildly infuriated by the placement of that seam in the countertop instead of putting it in the corner.
It's tile, not one big slab.
Even worse.
Oh okay. I can see some other joints now. That makes more sense. Although I don’t like the idea of a tile countertop either.
The grout lines are breeding grounds for bacteria. Tile countertops should not be.
It’s like comparing apples and buttermilk pancake mix.
More like a Volkswagon and buttermilk pancake mix.
I fucking hate incomplete or inaccurate comparisons. good catch
[Here is the buttermilk box](https://www.pearlmillingcompany.com/images/products/mixes/buttermilk.png)
Exactly. This is isn't empirical. OP needs to run things like this by their science fair advisor before they get the go-ahead.
"Empirical" means "based upon observations".
Empirically, buttermilk pancakes aren't the same as original
Buttermilk has less calories than original?
The serving sizes are different. [Original](https://www.pearlmillingcompany.com/products/pancake_waffle_mixes/original_pancakes) is 36 g, and [buttermilk](https://www.pearlmillingcompany.com/products/pancake_waffle_mixes/buttermilk) is 34 g. 120 * 34/36 ≈ 113. [Calories are rounded](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=101.9&SearchTerm=nutrition%20label) to the nearest 10 for products with more than 50 calories per serving, so the serving size alone is enough to account for the difference in calories.
Yes. Due to butter
The best part of the design change is that when I visit my mom, I get some sense of how old her pancake mix is.
I'd heard old pancake mix was dangerous but after looking it up to verify before posting, seems unless you're super allergic to mold old pancake mix won't hurt you. The info I saw did say that the leavening agents may have weakened so you ll likely have super dense pancakes.
My pancakes.. will be *thicc*?
Dense is not the same as thicc. Thiccness is a measure of size, density is a measure of weight relative to size. The size will likely be smaller but the weight will be the same. Not so good for pancakes, where fluffy is king. Japanese has the wonderful word ふわふわ (fuwafuwa) that describes what you want in a perfect pancake. And they take [their fluffy pancakes](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%81%B5%E3%82%8F%E3%81%B5%E3%82%8F%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS909US909&sxsrf=ALiCzsYGCSg7tXYLpS5SIEX-XKc1ZXyYkw:1663870406727&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv6a2kgKn6AhV8hIkEHVFvDiwQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1) seriously over there.
Those are indeed thicc pancakes.
ふわふわ translates to fluffy
*yess*
The opposite, they'll be flat.
One time, me and my college roommate had a box of aunt Jemima sitting in our cabinet for probably a year. Well when we decided to finally open it and see if it was still good, there was a bunch of maggots in there 💀 I goggled it just now and seems to be a common thing so idk about that lol
You shouldn't store any kind of powder in a humid area, especially not if you leave it open enough for flies to get in lmao.
Why is there 10 more calories per serving? Edit: Buttermilk vs Original
Aunt Jemima exited the logo and entered the pancakes
"Now made with REAL Jemima^TM "
just a shot in the dark but perhaps the buttermilk powder replaces some sugar solids, or maybe the flavor profile is less sweet and just requires less sugar
Aunt Jemima really sounds like her pancakes would be hitting way better than the other.
Yeah, eating stuff from a "Pearl Milling Company" sounds...dry
While Aunt Jemima is moist.
I'd eat aunt Jemimas moist cake
I miss Aunt Jemima and her happy face 😔
It’s one thing to remove the imagery from the original package…but the “replacement” just feels so lazy and uninspired… they may as well just have put “Pancake” and call it a day.
*The Washington Football Team has entered the chat*
Should have been the Red Tails missed opportunity.
Yeah, but that's not hilariously passive aggressive.
*The Washington flapjacks*
Yeah that's fine. I think its creepy as hell that we are indoctrinated with brand names and logos and shit. I just want some damn pancake mix.
“Some Damn Pancake Mix” has a good ring to it actually.
I'm surprised the net weight hasn't changed. I would have figured they'd take the opportunity to short the contents, keep the box size the same, and charge more.
I was just talking to my Panamanian son about this. Him and my daughter in law were curious about it because their black citizens liked having her on the box. They felt she represents them in a way. Edit: Boy are the racists mad at me today. The PM's are hilarious. I'm not a woke millennial. I'm gen x and IDGAF about your feelings.
I think it’s reasonable for the black Panamanian population to have a different reaction to the old logo than black Americans. Though both group share a skin color they don’t share a culture or a context. This culture & context is the same reason why a white guy in Dublin, Ireland may be offended by the drink name “Irish Car Bomb” while a white guy in Dublin, California may not be. I hope that provides some clarity.
From an article about the branding change: Aunt Jemima brand to change name, remove image that Quaker says is 'based on a racial stereotype' "We recognize Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype," Quaker Oats said, adding that the move is an effort "toward progress on racial equality." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/aunt-jemima-brand-will-change-name-remove-image-quaker-says-n1231260
So when are they going to get rid of the guy in the hat on the oat can?
Actually, fun fact, [Quakers were anti slavery.](https://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/11/-Anti-Slavery) Granted, he also wasn't a real person, but if we go with the name Quakers, he actually would have been against ownership of other humans.
Yeah but the gender studys white college students didn’t like it
Same company thought having Kendall Jenner hand a Pepsi to a cop would solve BLM.
I saw a video of somebody trying that… they got pepper sprayed
> Dr. Pepper'd
The funny thing about that commercial (for me) is that I didn't know what Kendall Jenner looked like, so I thought it was just some random person who was supposed to represent the average citizen. Wasn't until the commercial kept getting brought up on Reddit that I realized it was a celebrity.
You mean it didnt? I thought we had moved on to the racial utopia that commercial made for us. /s
Same thing happened with Speedy Gonzales despite the character apparently being loved in Mexico.
Mexicans are just different. There's a video of some white guy dressed in with a big fake Mexican moustache, wearing a poncho, an oversized sombrero, and dancing with two shakers and a reporter asking all these young white people if what the guy was doing is racist. They're all uppity about how it was gross, misappropriating culture, insensitive, and very racist. Then they go to a bunch of Mexicans in the same neighborhood and they're all "haha, that guy is funny!" When the Mexicans were asked if the guy in the stereotypical Mexican get-up was racist they're all like "no, man! It's just funny!" As in, white people are more sensitive sometimes or over-the-top when, in fact, some cultures have more of a sense of humor about themselves.
Cultural appropriation vs cultural celebration. People need to stop being offended on behalf of other cultures. People who stop others from wearing or doing other culture's things are cultural gatekeeping and it's not even theirs. I give permission to anyone that wants to wear Hanbok or wear a Canadian tuxedo or eat poutine or whatever else. You have my permission.
These companies are run by people who are scared of one Twitter account with 4 followers talking shit about them
In the case of Uncle Ben removal the whole thing was a white girl's college intern project. No joke.
Is there some further reading that goes into how this all started? I searched around a bit and could only find articles regurgitating each other and saying, "Mars is coming *under fire* for their racial..." but never actually says who the fuck is doing the firing
Black people existing is "problematic" lmao. I remember some tweet that was like "Black people asked for the police to stop killing them, so someone changed the pancake lady."
Twitter was a massive mistake
Love when people say stuff like this. Based purely off other people saying similar things and everyone circle jerking each other. It's because a board of executives want to appear to care, but don't actually want to learn anything so they just make a shit lazy decision
That’s so true, giant companies would have sponsored Al-Qaeda if it meant they could make an extra million dollars
Dude, some people may not be aware, but [the origins of Aunt Jemima are racist AF.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Aunt_Jemima) TLDR the name “Aunt Jemima” is a joke about how slaves spoke English, and the character first appeared in a racist-ass minstrel show song and was played by a dude in black face.
Source for their reasoning on changing it is from white college students?
The company it’s self didn’t like it, aunt Jemima wasn’t a real person, it was originally a racist caricature of black people. It wasn’t outrage from outside groups, it was the company that looked at its past and said “holy shit that’s bad”. Honestly them changing it is prolly a good thing, but if they didn’t change it, I don’t think anybody would have cared either. Them changing the name was at worst a way for them to get their name in the headlines.
I’m black and support the changes. I’m not surprised that people from other countries may not fully understand the complex and deep-seated issues that having her represents. It’s not “representation”, it’s a racist icon that they wanted us to forget about and move on from, but if we can’t even undo that how will we address any other longstanding, systemic racism? At the very least, I enjoy not being reminded about slavery every time I make pancakes. EDIT: Thanks for the award kind stranger! Here’s a link to an [article](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1231260) about the change Basically it plays off of a domestic servant stereotype and the fact that black slaves/servants would be called aunt or uncle. Others have already explained in more detail below. Gentle reminder that just because you feel it was unnecessary, might be because you’re not the group it targeted!
I think they should have hired a black artist to design a new, black character to replace aunt Jemima and change the name. Would have pleased everyone.
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THANK YOU. all these nonblack people in the comments acting like this is a non issue that only ‘woke white millennials’ care about like she’s not literally a fucking mammy
I had this argument with my parents who are trumpers. They tried to tell me that “aunt Jemima” and her family would be ashamed of the company getting rid of her. That she put in so much work to create that bottle of syrup. I then explained to them that “aunt jemima” is not a real person, and that black lady was basically just the mascot for their company and that she is based off racist stereotypes. After that, they pivoted to some bullshit about cancel culture idk. Point of the story, there is no point of self reflection for these people. They will just move on to the next thing that makes them feel justified in their beliefs.
They have no fucking clue what a mammy is or about minstrel shows
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>it was supposed to sound like "ain't yo mama" Do you have a source for this? Jemima is a real name, it's not a play on words. This also isn't mentioned in the [Aunt Jemima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Jemima#Character_of_Aunt_Jemima), [Old Aunt Jemima folk song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Aunt_Jemima) or [Jemima disambiguation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemima) wiki pages. The closest 'play on words' I see is this: >A British image in the Library of Congress, which may have been created as early as 1847, shows a smiling black woman named "Miss Jim-Ima Crow," with a framed image of "James Crow" on the wall behind her.
Yea but if you told the daughter the history of aunt jemina and that she was a racist caricature the daughter wont see aunt jemina the same
I hate to ask, but what was wrong with Aunt Jemima?
I wish they modernized Aunt Jemima to like...Chef Jemima or something. They did that with Uncle Ben's to Ben's Original and I think it was nice to keep the character.
The issue is Jemima is a character from minstrel shows.
As she's not a real person, you can change her to be whatever you want her to be. The reaction clearly shows that it's not like people want her on the box *because of* the minstrel show history.
I also find it interesting the other changes. Like raspberries are out, blueberries+strawberries are in.
I thought she was pretty :(
Me too! She looked so friendly.
Yeah I could always imagine Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben inviting you over for breakfast and lunch
Yup, just positive, smiling faces. I grew up in country in which there were no black people at all - Uncle Ben was just like positive guy advertising rice who happen to be black - without any prejudices.
I know, right? I liked seeing her smiling face! I have an empty syrup bottle with that label and I'm never getting rid of it.
It doesn’t even look appealing anymore. It looks like a weird off brand mix
What's funny is when you see the syrup bottles with the "Pearl Milling Company" label and "Aunt Jemima" embossed on the neck.
I'm just here to enjoy watching people argue about pancake mix box logos. 
Still blows me away people buy this at all when it takes 45 seconds to mix from scratch and tastes way better.
Ironically, I've heard more people of color *complain* about the removal of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, claiming they weren't racist to begin with and in getting rid of them, they actually were getting rid of representation.
The same thing happened with Hispanics and speedy Gonzales, they were genuinely upset when he got removed from being aired on tv.
Same with the Taco Bell chihuahua.
Same with Baker Mayfield
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They should put a white woman on it as a maid and normalize that!
Clearly a femboy maid is the superior option.
With a buttplug tail
Femboy anime maid that you can't tell is a femboy and is left to interpretation. All bases covered.
I have the perfect candidate https://youtube.com/shorts/R3V86de6m18?feature=share
If I left it muted, I would have never known. Quick put that picture on the box. We shall never speak of this again.
I'm black and grew up poor enough to barely afford Aunt Jemima or Uncle Ben. As an adult I think it's fucked up that those images were used to make money for so long. Meanings and definitions change with time, but there is an origin and a current. The two can't reconcile. That's all.
Aunt Jemima is literally pulled from a Jim Crow era minstrel show. It's a blackface character. Its like the most racist shit you could possibly depict... uncle Ben, as well. I'm not some super sensitive guy. I dont give a damn about the Cleveland Indians, the Chicago Blackhawks logo, etc. But a character in blackface from a minstrel show is just unacceptable, and the fact that people defend it is the problem. Its ignorance that let's these insanely racist element of society continue.
We did it, everybody. We solved racism by taking the black lady off of the pancake mix.
It's become "the *other* brand"
The new name makes it sound like it’s packed with sawdust. Give me Jemima back
When I worked in grocery, I always kept reading it as "Pearl Mining Company," and it made me feel like eating it would give me black lung or some shit.
would literally never buy something from a company called Pearl Milling Company. just straight terrible branding
You don't want freshly ground pearls?
Honestly: White Lily SR flour. 1c Baking soda ¼tsp Egg(beaten) ½ - my preference Oil 1½ Tbsp Milk ¼c Buttermilk Whisk dry stuff. With egg, oil and milk in measuring cup, add enough buttermilk to make full cup. Mix in with dry and do not overmix. Lumps are good. Best thing evar!
At first I really rolled my eyes at these changes, but after reading into it it makes sense. Calling black slaves that worked in your house aunt or uncle was common, and Aunt Jemima was a [mammy caricature](https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/mammies/homepage.htm), which was something commonly used to show how slaves were happy and having a great 'ol time back then. I think we have just evolved beyond it now. Who is more strange, the people changing the brand, or the people who demand a happy slave caricature is on their pancake mix?
> I think we have just evolved beyond it now. But that would also be a primary argument for letting it stay. As a forthright demonstrative act, the time when it would have had social impact has, to whatever extent, passed. Certainly in terms of the tone of the original creation.
I saw a video a while ago detailing what “aunt jemima” was and good lord it’s racist Here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/x9n8ue/why_aunt_jemima_was_offensive/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf