[tarheelswamprat]

Question: If "Song Of The South" is too offensive to be released, then why are Aunt Jemima's Pancake Mix and Uncle Ben's Rice still being marketed? /grin

[Alouette]

why are Aunt Jemima's Pancake Mix and Uncle Ben's Rice still being marketed

Didn't you notice "Ms. Jemima" got a makeover several years ago. Don't know about "Homey Ben."

[kalee]

You'd better go to the store and have a look at Aunt Jemima she doesn't look the way she used to look. ;)

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=1353&si=126

[ViLaLuz]

"Question: If "Song Of The South" is too offensive to be released, then why are Aunt Jemima's Pancake Mix and Uncle Ben's Rice still being marketed?"

The companies that make those products paid their racism offsets to Je$$e Jack$on, so now their diversity footprint is balanced.

[Ciexyz]

...why are Aunt Jemima's Pancake Mix and Uncle Ben's Rice still being marketed?/grin

Aunt Jemima has been recast as the wise and knowledgeable family Aunt, appearing slender, well-dressed and well-coifed as if she just came home from church, looking like an all-knowing family member standing over your shoulder in the kitchen.

Kudos to the company for remaking her image into something that speaks to "today".