"Aunt Jemima" Sugar Container

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Description:

Sugar container with an attached figurine depicting the “Aunt Jemima” character. This piece is a set with a cream container with an attached figurine depicting “Uncle Mose.”

Product Origin:

Unknown.

Background:

The piece depicts the stereotypical “Aunt Jemima” figure.

To learn more about this caricature, read "Mammy and Uncle Mose: Black Collectables and American Stereotyping", "Overlooked No More: Nancy Green, the ‘Real Aunt Jemima’", and "Aunt Jemima and the long-overdue rebrand of racist stereotypes."

Statement: We understand these objects may inflict offense through their embodiment of racist ideology by depicting stereotypical and discriminatory imagery and language. However, we hope to educate our community and encourage personal reflection through interacting and understanding the historical context of these objects, rather than ignoring them.