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Aunt Jemima Was a Real Person - Nancy Green
Posted on 6/19/20 at 10:19 am
Posted on 6/19/20 at 10:19 am
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Posted on 6/19/20 at 10:28 am to Nolalakeview
Not a great example.
Her descendants are just pissed they aren't getting paid.
For the record, I think taking them off labels is insane.
Her descendants are just pissed they aren't getting paid.
For the record, I think taking them off labels is insane.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 10:36 am to Nolalakeview
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Harrington was born on a South Carolina plantation where her family worked as sharecroppers.
In 1927, a white family from New York "bought" Harrington to be their maid.
She made a living as cook at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house in Syracuse and worked for wealthy white people, including Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. She was discovered by a Quaker Oats representative while serving up her pancakes, a favorite of local frat boys, at the New York State Fair in 1935.
Quaker Oats used Harrington's likeness on products and advertising, and it sent her around the country to serve flapjacks dressed as "Aunt Jemima." The gig made her a national celebrity.
Quaker Oats also used Harrington's pancake recipe, Evans and a nephew claimed in a 2014 lawsuit seeking $3 billion from Quaker Oats for not paying royalties to Harrington's descendants. The attempt to make Quaker Oats pay restitution in federal court failed.
Hmm so a white family "bought " her in 1927. Yet she traveled the country and had other jobs and had fame.
Sorry but that stupid arse story about her being bought invalidates this entire story of bs.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 10:36 am to Privateer 2007
quote:
Not a great example.
Her descendants are just pissed they aren't getting paid.
so money matters >> ???
This post was edited on 6/19/20 at 10:37 am
Posted on 6/19/20 at 10:37 am to Nolalakeview
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How many white people were raised looking at characters like Aunt Jemima at breakfast every morning? How many white corporations made all them profits, and didn't give us a dime? I think they should have to look at it. They can't just wipe it out while we still suffer," he said.
If this only happened to people of color I could understand their ire, but that's the way all advertising works. the model is never given rights to their image ie Coppertone little girl, Gerber baby etc. this is just rhetoric to stir up a dead legal battle.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 10:52 am to Nolalakeview
The model doesn't own the brand.
This lady was no different than the Maytag Repair Man or Madge ("You[re soaking in it"), the lady for Progressive Insurance, or Jared the Subway guy.
If the brand wants to change its approach to advertising or its labeling, it can. Descendants of former models have no claim or objection.
This lady was no different than the Maytag Repair Man or Madge ("You[re soaking in it"), the lady for Progressive Insurance, or Jared the Subway guy.
If the brand wants to change its approach to advertising or its labeling, it can. Descendants of former models have no claim or objection.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:30 am to Nolalakeview
quote:FIFY
The "Mammy" Archetype of "Aunt Jemima" Was Played By a Real Model Named Nancy Green
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