Evans is distressed that the partnership was able to profit from a racial stereotype before swiftly moving on when it became expedient, particularly because Quaker Oats intends to remove the name.
“How many white people were raised looking at characters like Aunt Jemima at breakfast every morning? How many white corporations made all the profits and didn’t give us a dime?” Evans questioned.
“Are they just going to erase history like it never happened?… Are they not going to acknowledge us at all? What gives them the right?”
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