“The character of Aunt Jemima is an invitation to white people to indulge in a fantasy of enslaved people — and by extension, all of Black America — as submissive, self-effacing, loyal, pacified and pacifying,” Twitty wrote in a recent NBC Think essay. “It positions Black people as boxed in, prepackaged and ready to satisfy; it’s the problem of all consumption, only laced with racial overtones.”
This piece is interesting but even the relatives understand the imagery to be racist.
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 2 years ago
From that article:
This piece is interesting but even the relatives understand the imagery to be racist.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 years ago
Except Twitty isn’t a relative, as the previous paragraph to the one you quoted will tell you. He’s just a “culinary historian” with an opinion.
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yes. I’m referring to the family’s quote at the end of the piece.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 years ago
Then why didn’t you quote that?