On 6/17/2020 1:01 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 6:27:07 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> Is nothing sacred? After 130 years an old friend is gone. We grew up
>> with Aunt Jemima for breakfast but she is going away.
>>
>> Some have considered the familiar figure racists but to me, she was just
>> a familiar face, a nice lady that just wanted you to have a good
>> breakfast. IMO, the world would be a better place if everyone had an
>> Aunt like her.
>
> The call her "aunt" but she's not really your auntie. She'd be your mammy - a low-paid hired help that raised you from a baby. That concept is a pretty weird one in this day and age. Perhaps they can change her into a nice white lady. Then she'd be like a real aunt.
>

No, she is not my Aunt but no different that the Hawaiian Uncle.

Growing up, as a toddler our neighbor had a helper a few days a week,
Miss Beulah. She looked much like the old Aunt Jemima and sometimes she
made us lunch or a snack. We just thought she was a nice lady that
looked after a half dozen of us that played together. Color made no
difference.