Forbes

Aunt Jemima Gets A New Name After Racism Backlash

Pepsico on Tuesday unveiled a new name and logo for Aunt Jemima, the pancake mix and syrup brand that for decades featured a caricature of a Black woman on the packaging, after a surge of criticism ...
Artnet

Quaker Oats Is Retiring the Aunt Jemima Brand, Whose Racist Origins Have Inspired Artists’ Biting Interpretations for Decades

The 130-year-old Aunt Jemima brand of pancake mix, waffles, and breakfast syrup will be no more, the Quaker Oats company announced on June 17. The PepsiCo-owned company is retiring the brand and its ...
AOL

Aunt Jemima is more than a logo: Behind the history of minstrel show characters

"So now any black person's photo on a box is racism? Give me a break." That message was one of many that crossed my screen after sharing a story I had written about Aunt Jemima and other brands ...
Yahoo

Aunt Jemima was finally rebranded to move away from its racially insensitive packaging, but some people are criticizing how it was changed

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Aunt Jemima brand will now be known as Pearl Milling Company. Gene J. Puskar/AP Photos Aunt Jemima products are being renamed, ...
Yahoo

Aunt Jemima Is Changing Its Name and Logo as It Acknowledges Its "Origins are Based on a Racial Stereotype"

Quaker Oats announced this week that it will be changing the name and logo of its Aunt Jemima brand, saying that its "origins are based on a racial stereotype," according to NBC News. "We recognize ...
Newsweek

As Aunt Jemima Dropped For Its Racist History, Will Uncle Ben’s Be Next?

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Aunt Jemima brand will change its name and remove its image due to ...
fox13now

Aunt Jemima to get new name and logo, company says current brand based on racial stereotype

Quaker Oats, the parent company of Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup, says it will completely rebrand the line — including changing the name and logo — saying the current brand is based on a "racial ...
Chicago Tribune

Here’s what Aunt Jemima pancake brand will be called now, and the history behind its new name

Aunt Jemima is making her last batch of pancakes. Quaker Oats said Tuesday that its Aunt Jemima brand pancake mix and syrup will be renamed Pearl Milling Company. Aunt Jemima products will continue to ...
The Mary Sue

Conservatives Are Mad About the Loss of Yet Another Racist Symbol: Aunt Jemima

Things are happening right now that frankly should have happened decades ago. Thanks to nationwide protests of systemic racism, brands and corporations are finally paying attention to things people ...
Essence

Aunt Jemima’s Name And Likeness To Be Removed From Product Packaging

The food products tagged with the Aunt Jemima name and the likeness of a Black woman inspired by minstrel shows will cease to exist by the end of this year. Quaker Oats announced on Wednesday that the ...
Cleveland.com

Aunt Jemima unveils new name as brand aims to remove racial stereotype from store shelves

“Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype,” the company admitted at the time. Indeed, the brand’s name and image were inspired by “Old Aunt Jemima,” a song and subservient mammy ...