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Originally posted by MaRy
what's racist in the images? not everything is about race...
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Oh dear. I'm going to take it you're not American, but here's the background on what you posted about
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Aunt Jemima In the 1880s, Chris Rutt, who had recently developed the idea of a self-rising pancake batter, attended a minstrel show that included a skit with a southern mammy character named Aunt Jemima.
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If you're not familiar, minstrel shows were typically White people dressing up as and mocking the appearance and behavior/speech of Black people for comedy shows.