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jcgoldie

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3. The "black mammy" a stereotypically racist charicature

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2020, 03:01 PM

Jun 2020

For you say that "nobody in your neighborhood developed any racist feeling over it" pretty much ignores completely how stereotypes work.

https://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/mammies/

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Aunt Jemima? [View all] TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 OP

Sorry for the loss of your aunt and uncle. Beakybird Jun 2020 #1

... Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #9

Hahaha! soothsayer Jun 2020 #14

If that's the writers argument, they really don't get it do they... Canoe52 Jun 2020 #2

The "black mammy" a stereotypically racist charicature jcgoldie Jun 2020 #3

She died in 1923, and was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave. nykym Jun 2020 #4

What is Nancy Green's (buried in a pauper's grave after marybourg Jun 2020 #5

That little tidbit tells me all I need to know. Laelth Jun 2020 #17

For one thing, Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #18

What about Mrs Green's Pancake mix/syrup? MacKasey Jun 2020 #6

+1 JustFiveMoreMinutes Jun 2020 #7

She didn't have anything to do with the product LeftInTX Jun 2020 #8

I'm exhausted. Solly Mack Jun 2020 #10

No. Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #11

It has been said, you don't get it. 5X Jun 2020 #12

So many whites just WILL NOT see this! bobbieinok Jun 2020 #23

It's not about you tho. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #13

The fact that these racist stereotypes have become so embedded in culture gollygee Jun 2020 #15

Yup. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #20

I would suggest you contact Quaker Oats ibegurpard Jun 2020 #16

I mean seriously, fucking listen to yourself. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #19

Thank you. n/t Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #21

And they probably thought Little Black Sambo was a really cute little boy who lived 'not here' bobbieinok Jun 2020 #24

If it makes black people uncomfortable it should be changed. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #22

That was the point of the OP saying they were standing with Nancy Greene . . . Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #25

That Wikipedia article makes it clear Aunt Jemima was based on a racist stereotype: highplainsdem Jun 2020 #26

You might want to research "Aunt Jemima " a tad more gay texan Jun 2020 #27

Maybe they should replace the Aunt Jemima caricature with GitRDun Jun 2020 #28

my grandpa always used hungry jack. i always was kinda ishy about the uncle ben & aunt jemima logos+ pansypoo53219 Jun 2020 #29

Her family is against her removal as a brand. cwydro Jun 2020 #30