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Photo of Lillian Richard**<\/p>\n
The family of one of the women who was portrayed on the syrup bottle as Aunt Jemima do NOT want this taken away from them. They were proud of their cousin Lillian Richard and want her image kept on the bottle instead of rebranding it, and they do NOT want that history erased.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/family-of-woman-portrayed-as-aunt-jemima-opposes-rebrand-saying-we-do-not-want-that-history-erased-2020-06-22<\/a><\/p>\n This link has what I think is a photograph of Lillian Richard**, one of the models for the Aunt Jemima brand label.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.wkyt.com\/2020\/06\/21\/family-of-woman-who-portrayed-aunt-jemima-opposes-move-to-change-brand\/<\/a><\/p>\n As one of her relatives says, she made a living and supported her family in a time when it was hard for women, never mind black women, to find paying work.<\/p>\n And now, it\u2019s two families protesting the rebranding.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/food\/2020\/06\/21\/aunt-jemima-changes-quaker-oats-racial-stereotypes\/3233423001\/<\/a><\/p>\n From the article:\u00a0 Two families of women who portrayed Aunt Jemima\u00a0say they oppose Quaker Oats’ plans to rename the brand of\u00a0syrup and pancake mixes and change the iconic figure.<\/p>\n Quaker Oats announced last week it would retire\u00a0Aunt Jemima<\/a>\u00a0because it’s\u00a0“based on a racial stereotype,” saying its prior work to update the character was “not enough.”<\/p>\n The move,\u00a0considered long overdue by experts, historians and some consumers,\u00a0was the first in a\u00a0series of rebranding announcements<\/a>\u00a0that grew to include\u00a0Uncle Ben’s<\/a>,\u00a0Mrs. Butterworth’s<\/a>,\u00a0Cream of Wheat<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Eskimo Pie<\/a>.<\/p>\n The first Aunt Jemima image was based on Kentucky native\u00a0Nancy Green, a Civil War-era slave from Mount Sterling, according to the\u00a0Louisville Courier-Journal<\/a>, part of the USA TODAY Network.<\/p>\n Originally, Aunt Jemima was shown with a wide smile and wearing a bandanna in her hair, an image that faced criticism for years as it was accused of encouraging racist stereotypes. In 1989, the image was revamped, with the new model wearing pearl earrings with straightened curls.<\/p>\n Anna Short Harrington is believed to be the model after Green.<\/p>\n