You know, until this whole nonsense came about, I didn't even know Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben or the Cream of Wheat guy were supposed to have been slaves. I always believed they were icons based on real people who not only came up with a recipe for a food product that was better than those of their contemporaries, but also had the intelligence and the business savvy to market the product for sale en mass. So, apparently the message we're supposed to take from this is that if you're a person of color and you're both gifted enough to create something people enjoy and smart enough and driven enough to make a success of yourself marketing it, you can't use your likeness to advertise it. Well, with exceptions for sportsball players and gangsta rappers.
You know, until this whole nonsense came about, I didn't even know Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben or the Cream of Wheat guy were supposed to have been slaves. I always believed they were icons based on real people who not only came up with a recipe for a food product that was better than those of their contemporaries, but also had the intelligence and the business savvy to market the product for sale en mass. So, apparently the message we're supposed to take from this is that if you're a person of color and you're both gifted enough to create something people enjoy and smart enough and driven enough to make a success of yourself marketing it, you can't use your likeness to advertise it. Well, with exceptions for sportsball players and gangsta rappers.