“Aunt Jemima’s” great-grandson angry that her legacy is being scrapped: “It’s injustice to my family” FULL STORY in first comment👇👇
When Quaker Oats announced the discontinuation of their “Aunt Jemima” brand in 2020 in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, it stirred significant controversy.
Nevertheless, just one day after the decision became public, a great-grandson of “Aunt Jemima” voiced his objection, arguing that the move risked erasing black history and the struggles endured by African Americans.
“This situation is deeply unjust for both me and my family. This is an integral part of our history,” expressed Larnell Evans Sr., a Marine Corps veteran. He asserted that the company, which had profited from slavery for many years, was now being charged with attempting to abolish it, according to his perspective.
“The racism they refer to, exploiting imagery from slavery, originates from the other side — the white community. This company benefits from the portrayal of our enslavement. And their solution is to erase the history of my great-grandmother, a black woman. It’s profoundly painful.”
Quaker Oats has announced the permanent withdrawal of the brand featuring an emblem depicting a black woman named Nancy Green, who was formerly enslaved. Sources reveal that Quaker Oats referred to Green solely as a “storyteller, cook, and missionary worker.”
The origins of the “Aunt Jemima” brand trace back to 1893 when Green was contracted to serve pancakes at the Chicago World’s Fair. Subsequently, a Quaker Oats representative witnessed Anna Short Harrington serving pancakes at the New York State Fair and posthumously named her “Aunt Jemima” in 1923. Larnell Evans Sr., claiming Harrington as his great-grandmother, asserts that she assumed the role in 1935.
Expressing his dismay, Evans emphasizes Harrington’s two-decade commitment to Quaker Oats, traveling extensively throughout the United States and Canada to serve pancakes as Aunt Jemima. He questions the erasure of her legacy, particularly given the brand’s exploitation of a racial stereotype before swiftly disassociating itself, despite Quaker Oats’ plan to remove the name.
Evans reflects on the pervasive influence of characters like Aunt Jemima in white households and corporate profits derived without compensation to black communities. He confronts the attempt to erase this history without acknowledgment or restitution, questioning the moral authority behind such actions.
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