What the heck is wrong with Aunt Jemima??? That is like saying something is wrong with the personification of Mabel's Kethcup and other cooking stuff (Local).
To my knowledge, the image represents and is stereotypical of how good the food of that culture tastes. Certainly Mabel's stuff is spicy, giving that home cooked seasoning taste etc. to the food. I'm thinking it is the same thing with Aunt Jemima. At a certain time in the States perhaps women who looked like Aunt Jemima were notorious for good cooking, pancakes etc. I know that at Breakfast Shed which is one of the major places in Trinidad to get good old style creole cooking, most of the women that cook there look just like Mabel, and the cooking and recipes used is totally passed down from mother to daughter hence there is a strong cultural aspect to it. In fact I would say that you almost HAVE to be from that culture to have a hope of competing with those cooks, or preparing food that tastes that way.The mix of spices, the Shadow Benny from the back garden, the Cive, it might even be the metal pots. And THAT is what the marketing folk were trying to tap into with Mabel's image on the products. Racist never came into it. Is it Racist to have Mr. Plumber/Mr. Clean or whoever being a big bald headed white guy with his arms folded across his chest?? I'm starting to think that there may be certain levels of racism here, but not necessarily on the part of the artists or the images involved. -Gel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137271 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
