Great-grandson of ‘Aunt Jemima’ Expresses Frustration Over Legacy Scrapping: Deems It an Injustice to Family
In 2020, Quaker Oats attributed the discontinuation of the “Aunt Jemima” brand to the Black Lives Matter movement. Larnell Evans Sr., great-grandson of the iconic figure, expressed the family’s discontent, asserting that the decision amounted to a disregard for the historical significance and struggles of the African American community. Evans argued that profiting from slave…