“It was after slavery, and this woman serviced all those people. Working as Aunt Jemima, she. That was what she did. How do you think I feel about sitting here telling you about my family’s history, which they are attempting to obliterate, as a black man?
According to Evans, a 66-year-old disabled U.S. Marine veteran, Quaker Foods also employed Harrington’s pancake recipe. Her heirs attempted to sue the business for $3 billion for failing to pay them royalties in 2014, but they were unsuccessful.
Evans goes all in.
Evans argued that rather than entirely removing the photographs from stores, Quaker Foods should acknowledge that they made money from the likenesses of Green and Harrington and images of slavery.
He asked, “How many white people were raised watching cartoons like Aunt Jemima at breakfast daily? How many white businesses generated huge profits while giving us nothing? I believe they ought to examine it. They cannot simply eradicate it while we continue to suffer.”
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