Since there has been talks about racist brands, here’s a thread few who have names and/or logos that have racist origins. Of course our original Black Stars knew about these since 2014 😌.
Aunt Jemima is arguably the longest-lasting brand that used a racist caricature to market its product. When Charles Rutt and Charles G. Underwood created a self-rising flour in 1889, Rutt called it Aunt Jemima’s recipe after watching a minstrel show.
These weird cookies are made in Romania and are sold in Romania, Turkey and Albania. They are called "Black Man" cookies. This edible but racist caricature wears a cape, the letter "B" on his chest, features wavy cornrow-looking hair and a large nose and lips.
A Black man has appeared in ads for Uncle Ben's Rice since 1946. Like Aunt Jemima,it’s a caricature that lingered after slavery. Also In the same vein as the pancake brand,the practice of whites calling elderly Blacks as "uncle"&"aunt" because "Mr." & "Mrs."were deemed unsuitable
Miss Chiquita is widely thought to have been inspired by Brazilian actress and singer Carmen Miranda. The actress has been accused of promoting the exotic Latina stereotype because he became famous for wearing pieces of fruit on her head and revealing, tropical clothing.
H. Mathew Barkhausen III,  a writer who is of Cherokee and Tuscarora descent, has criticized the image of the Land O' Lakes maiden, calling it stereotypical. Also, for some, the maiden's serene countenance erases the suffering indigenous people have experienced in the U.S.
In a 1921 advertisement, the grinning chef — who was given the name Rastus — holds up a chalkboard with these words: “Maybe Cream of Wheat aint got no vitamines. I dont know what them things is. If they’s bugs they aint none in Cream of Wheat…”
Arab website http://Kabobfest.com  reports that this steel wool is manufactured by the German company Oscar Weil, which is owned by the German-Jewish Weil family. The Weils were disowned by the Nazis, but the company was returned to the family after WWII.
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