Unexpectedly, a “Aunt Jemima” descendant spoke out in vehement opposition to the decision, claiming that it would only minimize the extensive history and tremendous suffering that black people have had to endure.
Lennell Evans Sr. “This is a grave injustice to not only my family but also to me,” they said”, a distinguished former Marine. He asserts that before he took control of eradicating its vestiges, the company made money from slavery for a considerable period of time.
He insisted that the group’s purported fight against racism was being caused by the white community.
“This business makes money by portraying the enslavement of our ancestors, and their response is to erase the history of my magnificent great-grandmother, a powerful black woman… “It hurts a lot”.
The brand’s creator, Quaker Oats, announced that the cereal, which featured a picture of a black woman named Nancy Green who was once an enslaved person, has been discontinued.
Green is described in historical accounts as a “storyteller, cook, and missionary worker” within the Quaker community.
When Green accepted a position to serve pancakes at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, she was the first to come across the name “Aunt Jemima.”.
Oddly enough, Larnell Evans Sr. Anna Short Harrington is the great-grandmother of. For Aunt Jemima in 1935, she was given a formal casting call. Evans noted that the woman had dedicated 20 years of her life to Quaker Oats.
While playing the part of Aunt Jemima, she traveled widely across the United States and Canada, cooking and serving pancakes to a large number of people. ”.
“This remarkable woman selflessly served all those people,” Evans said emphatically, referring to the survivors of the dreary slavery era. She accepted her Aunt Jemima role with enthusiasm”.
“Can you imagine the feelings rushing through my veins as a black man as I sit here telling my family’s story, which they are now trying to erase?”.
Evans expressed her displeasure with the arrangement, pointing out how the business had unfairly benefited from a racial stereotype and was now discrediting it.
Like, “How many white people grew up watching Aunt Jemima grace their breakfast tables every morning?” and “How many white firms have amassed vast fortunes while leaving us nothing?” he posed provocative questions.
Are they merely trying to erase history while pretending to be ignorant of the past?, he questioned.
What power do they have, will they compensate us for the erasure?
