Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "As we work to make progress toward racial equality through several initiatives, we also must take a hard look at our portfolio of ...

Aunt Jemima was a brand well known to internet users as a target of online rumors. We’ve checked a number of them — from a photograph that claimed to show Aunt Jemima chained to a table to the claim ...

In June 2020, the Quaker Oats Company announced that it would be re-branding its Aunt Jemima line of products — syrup, pancake mix, and other breakfast foods — because the brand's origins were based ...

Quaker Oats, the owner of the 131-year-old brand, said it would retire the name as it worked “to make progress toward racial equality.” By Tiffany Hsu For decades, Quaker Oats knew that one of its ...

Quaker Oats and its parent company PepsiCo conceded Wednesday that the Aunt Jemima brand was based on a racial stereotype and announced that it will retire the trademark and rename its pancake mixes ...

After years of criticism that the Aunt Jemima label is a caricature of Black women and promoted racist stereotypes, namely the "mammy" character, Quaker Oats is finally taking action. The company ...