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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4535119" data-attributes="member: 48469"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/relatives-aunt-jemima-actresses-express-concern-history-will-be-erased-n1231769" target="_blank">Relatives of Aunt Jemima actresses express concern history will be erased</a>“Relatives of former Aunt Jemima spokeswomen say they are concerned that their family history will be erased as Quaker Oats&#039; moves to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/aunt-jemima-brand-will-change-name-remove-image-quaker-says-n1231260" target="_blank">rebrand the syrup and pancake mix</a>.&quot;I understand the images that white America portrayed us years ago. They painted themselves Black and they portrayed that as us,&quot; Vera Harris, whose great aunt, Lillian Richard, traveled the country promoting the Quaker Oats brand and portraying the Aunt Jemima character for more than 20 years, told NBC News. &quot;I understand what Quaker Oats is doing because I&#039;m Black and I don&#039;t want a negative image promoted, however, I just don&#039;t want her legacy lost, because if her legacy is swept under the rug and washed away, it&#039;s as if she never was a person.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4535119, member: 48469"] [URL="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/relatives-aunt-jemima-actresses-express-concern-history-will-be-erased-n1231769"]Relatives of Aunt Jemima actresses express concern history will be erased[/URL] “Relatives of former Aunt Jemima spokeswomen say they are concerned that their family history will be erased as Quaker Oats' moves to [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/aunt-jemima-brand-will-change-name-remove-image-quaker-says-n1231260']rebrand the syrup and pancake mix[/URL]. "I understand the images that white America portrayed us years ago. They painted themselves Black and they portrayed that as us," Vera Harris, whose great aunt, Lillian Richard, traveled the country promoting the Quaker Oats brand and portraying the Aunt Jemima character for more than 20 years, told NBC News. "I understand what Quaker Oats is doing because I'm Black and I don't want a negative image promoted, however, I just don't want her legacy lost, because if her legacy is swept under the rug and washed away, it's as if she never was a person." [/QUOTE]

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