2. Aunt Jemima- Black History Month

CIUT radio and yours truly Donovon Ceaser, are bringing you selected excerpts of our African Heritage Month ( the politically-correct phrase for Black History Month) segments showcasing interested people, places, and concepts important to understanding the role of people of African Descent in world history.

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[unholyimage]

@DorothyDandridge Yes, yes I have! LOL!

[unholyimage]

@DorothyDandridge I suppose if we were able to ask one black person and one white person from the era, we could get a better idea. This brings a question to mind to me, what is the difference between stereotype and a relateable image? In both cases the advertiser is applying a generalization to a group of people.

[unholyimage]

@DorothyDandridge Well I have been stereotyped, so your impressions are inacurate.

[DorothyDandridge]

@unholyimage "Black people really did look and speak very much as they were portrayed".

Have you met ALL Black people to know if ALL of them really did look and speak the way they were being portrayed? Your statement is racist because you are generalizing and entire group of people. Black people are more diverse in terms of class, history, language, racial heritage (many have ancestry outside of Africa), and physical features (some are dark in complexion and some are light).

[DorothyDandridge]

@unholyimage "Be careful as to what you think and what boxes you put yourself into, and stop worrying about whether someone else is a victim."

The point is these are racists stereotypes because the assumption is that ALL Black people behave or look this way. Characterizing and ENTIRE RACE OF PEOPLE the same is what makes these images racist. At the time these images were popular there was no positive images of Blacks and therefore this imbalance made the images fall under racial stereotyping.

[DorothyDandridge]

@unholyimage "Most likely, these images were not all that stereotyping at the time."

According to whom were these images not at all that stereotyping? To Whites or to Blacks?

[DorothyDandridge]

@unholyimage "Be careful as to what you think and what boxes you put yourself into, and stop worrying about whether someone else is a victim."

That statement sounds exactly like what someone would say if they have never been victimized by racist stereotypes.

[jeffreykarlshih]

yeah, i brushed with "black man toothpaste too" and honestly I did not think negative thoughts about black people. It might as well as be a white guy on the cover, because Asians in the past love "Western" products.

If we are not one of these Afro-Am or Asian-Am types that cannot see past race, the world is full of coincidences rather conspiracies to hurt us. The real racists are activists in universities and churches who should really travel a little and see the world from another culture.

[Eliopolous]

Gimme some nigger head matches!

All coons look alike to me too.

[unholyimage]

I grew up in the Southern US and there was a chain of pancake restaurants by the name of "little black sambos" that made the best pancakes you could get at a restaurant. Of course you can do much more at home, but still.

Most likely, these images were not all that stereotyping at the time. Black people really did look and speak very much as they were portrayed.

Be careful as to what you think and what boxes you put yourself into, and stop worrying about whether someone else is a victim.