I have to disagree. For all of my lifetime I've been told that black people, indigenous people, Asians, Polynesians, etc were under-represented as mayors, reps, governors, actors, TV anchors, and virtually absent from toys, games, and public marketing images. (Can YOU say 'black Barbie?') Until the last 7 minutes it was a crime against POC's to NOT include them as action heroes, action figures, and Mr. Potatohead base features. It's only, as I said, the last 7 minutes that it's a 180 degree reversal. My theory is that people of color have run out of legitimate claims of EXclusion, overall, and that the political left and media, but I repeat myself, have to try a new approach to keep all these subsets of Americans feeling oppressed.

Aunt Jemima was a part of every family in my home town, even though there was nowhere near a 10% black population in my home town. Are we REALLY saying that an advertising figure who actually pierced white media and made 100% of the white kids in my town embrace a product associated with a black woman is suddenly a bad thing? No, we are not. We are saying that the outrage mob is running out of narratives.

And FYI, my entire family already will not be buying Land o Lakes products ever again. We'll save our spending for companies that at least pretend to value liberty and the freedom of speech. So, we now get to avoid supporting Quaker Oats......

Well said my friend.

A friend sent me the blurb this morning about replacing Aunt Jemima with a black bisexual attorney. Apparently I am supposed to have not respected the Aunt Jemima brand for the past 70 years and am not supposed to lovingly accept an attorney as the brand representative. Anybody notice it is STILL a black woman? I think a case could be made by someone more of a writing genius than me that being black is nothing more than a figurehead for selling syrup as if millions upon millions of white people haven't enjoyed pancakes for the past 100 years.

Dennis

First, that syrup sucks. All sugar syrups suck. Try real maple syrup, from NY or Vermont. Light amber is my preference for pancakes and waffles.
Second, you really need to overcome your racism. You are the problem. You still don’t understand how much your racist attitudes and beliefs are hurting your fellow Americans. Or you don’t give a s..t.
I dare you to walk up to a BLM protest holding an Aunt Jemima bottle in your hand. I doubt if you have the balls of your anti-Black convictions. Go for it big boy.