Archived Tweets / Research Data
Codes & Themes w/wo Theoretical Memos
(derived through a process of inductive, qualitative, data analysis)
#IRLBrandAmbassadorAnnaRobinson https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/aunt-jemima-uncle-ben-deserve-retirement-they-re-racist-myths-ncna1231623 #SymbolHeadgearHeadWrap
#OtheringCaricatureSlaveryMammy
#PhenomnRevisionRemake
Context 'Aunt Jemima' was portrayed by multiple women i.e. there is no single, authentic Aunt Jemima - they are all constructions. These included: Nancy Green, Anna Robinson, Edith Wilson, Rosie Lee Moore Hall and Aylene Lewis https://checkmylists.com/history/8-women-who-portrayed-aunt-jemima/
Supplementary "Richard served as one of 12 brand ambassadors starting in 1925. In Hawkins, a historical marker dedicated to her commemorates how she made a career during the time when Black women had very few opportunities." https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/06/29/aunt-jemima-quaker-oats-rebrand #IRLBrandAmbassadorLillianRichard #ToponymAmericaNorthUSTexasHawkins "Nancy Green, the woman who portrayed Aunt Jemima in promotional materials in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Many of these posts claimed that Green was one of the first African American millionaires... But Green did not die a millionaire. In fact, she could not live off the earnings she made from her portrayal of Aunt Jemima, and continued to work as a housekeeper until a few years before her death in 1923. A pamphlet detailing the 'life' of Aunt Jemima, which portrayed her as a 'happy' slave with a 'secret recipe' working at a plantation owned by Colonel Higbee of Louisiana, was also created for the 1893 World's Fair, and laid the foundation for future advertisements to build on the Aunt Jemima myth." [fact-checked] #IRLBrandAmbassadorNancyGreen And #IRLBrandAmbassadorAnnaShortHarrington [Wikipedia]
Context 'Aunt Jemima' was portrayed by multiple women i.e. there is no single, authentic Aunt Jemima - they are all constructions. These included: Nancy Green, Anna Robinson, Edith Wilson, Rosie Lee Moore Hall and Aylene Lewis https://checkmylists.com/history/8-women-who-portrayed-aunt-jemima/
Supplementary "Richard served as one of 12 brand ambassadors starting in 1925. In Hawkins, a historical marker dedicated to her commemorates how she made a career during the time when Black women had very few opportunities." https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/06/29/aunt-jemima-quaker-oats-rebrand #IRLBrandAmbassadorLillianRichard #ToponymAmericaNorthUSTexasHawkins "Nancy Green, the woman who portrayed Aunt Jemima in promotional materials in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Many of these posts claimed that Green was one of the first African American millionaires... But Green did not die a millionaire. In fact, she could not live off the earnings she made from her portrayal of Aunt Jemima, and continued to work as a housekeeper until a few years before her death in 1923. A pamphlet detailing the 'life' of Aunt Jemima, which portrayed her as a 'happy' slave with a 'secret recipe' working at a plantation owned by Colonel Higbee of Louisiana, was also created for the 1893 World's Fair, and laid the foundation for future advertisements to build on the Aunt Jemima myth." [fact-checked] #IRLBrandAmbassadorNancyGreen And #IRLBrandAmbassadorAnnaShortHarrington [Wikipedia]
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