/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13377477
they weren't advertising specifically to black people, the pickaninny (mischievous small black child) and jovial servant negro stereotypes were used as mascots in a similar way to products that have cute animals like cartoon cows on dairy etc, or cereal with human mascots like captain crunch.

there are some old brands that still have their servant negro mascots stoday such as uncle ben's rice and auntie jemema syrup ("auntie" and "uncle" were honorary terms used for black domestic servants in the south) which has generated some controversy in recent years