Showing posts with label racist Aunt Jamima pancake ad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racist Aunt Jamima pancake ad. Show all posts

Friday, December 9, 2011

RACIST AUNT JAMIMA AD


I'm going through old magazines because I'm working on a new book and I'm doing some research. I've stumbled upon some interesting advertisements and articles, which I'll be posting just for fun. Here's one that I find kind of racist. What do you think about it? It was from 1939. In the same magazine I found a piece about a "Negro sorority." Obviously today one would find terminology insulting but there's a big photo of African American girls in college. So there was some forward thinking even then. Hmmm.