"So now any black person's photo on a box is racism? Give me a break." That message was one of many that crossed my screen after sharing a story I had written about Aunt Jemima and other brands ...
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A pancake festival in honor of actress Lilian Richard, who played The Quaker Oats character, Aunt Jemima, took place Saturday in Hawkins. Richards was born in Hawkins, which is ...
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This Thursday, in honor of Women's History Month, locals will have the opportunity to hear the compelling story of Nancy Green told at Somerset Community College — though most are likely to know her ...
Ferris Bueller’s economics teacher is getting slammed on social media for his rant about America’s corporate culture ... and pancake syrup. On Monday night, Ben Stein, the “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” ...
Years ago, my wife and I would take Johnny and Skeeter Bussard up to Grantsville to partake of the buckwheat pancakes at the Casselman Inn. Buckwheat pancakes were OK, but for my money, Aunt Jemima’s ...
WASHINGTON (TND) — Actor Ben Stein, 78, perhaps best known for being the monotone economics teacher in "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off," has found himself in a bit of a sticky situation after filming a ...
When Will Friedle made what he thought was a harmless joke about his "Boy Meets World" co-star Trina McGee looking like Aunt Jemima, she took the time to explain to him the implications of comparing a ...
For 130 years, Americans made ready-mix pancakes from a secret recipe reportedly purchased from a southern “mammy” named Aunt Jemima. But there was no Aunt Jemima. The fictional African American ...
After the Quaker Oats Company purchased the Aunt Jemima Mills Company in 1926 — which was then known for its ready-made "self-rising pancake flour" — it eventually introduced Aunt Jemima syrup 40 ...
After the Quaker Oats Company purchased the Aunt Jemima Mills Company in 1926 — which was then known for its ready-made “self-rising pancake flour” — it eventually introduced Aunt Jemima syrup 40 ...