Actor Ben Stein is getting slammed on social media after posting a bizarre video talking about Aunt Jemima syrup, which has been renamed to Pearl Milling Company.
“But, I prefer when it was a black person, showing their incredible skill at making pancakes,” Ben Stein said.
The logo was originally inspired by the 19th-century “mammy” minstrel character, a black woman who was content to serve her white masters., saying the character’s origins are “based on a racial stereotype.” “While the name on the box has changed, the great tasting products — the ‘pearl’ inside the familiar red box — remains the same, with a mission to create joyful breakfast moments for everyone,” the company said on its website when announcing the name change.
“We recognize Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype,” Kristin Kroepfl, vice president and chief marketing officer of Quaker Foods North America, said in a statement at the time. The PepsiCo subsidiary representative added that retiring Jemima from syrup packaging was part of an effort by the company “to make progress toward racial equality.”
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