Yes. I am not comfortable, as a white woman originally from another country, with saying whether certain images are or are not racist. I *think* however from what I have seen that the problem with Aunt Jemima was that it said that the place of black women was in the kitchen, and that there was no other place that it was appropriate for them to be. In other words, subservient. That was why they changed the marketing images a while back.
Dana On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:49:30 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thie image of Aunt Jemima was very stereotypical, It was rather > contemptuous at least. > > larry > > > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:03:38 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Larry wrote: > > > Its very much like the stereotype Uncle Tom. Its a commercial brand > > > that used to depict a fairly stereotypical black woman. > > > > But what's racist? Is he saying that all black women are symbols of > > successful branding? Or all black women make good pancakes? Or all > > black women like pancakes? > > > > I don't get the racist part, to me just seems like a funny comparison; > > like saying Mr. Bush looks like Alfred E. Newman. It's not racial, > > it's just a funny comparison. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137264 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
