I never claimed Nancy Green was a “millionaire”.
I’m just saying I really respect her for her accomplishments. Like many women no matter how little she had she still went out to help others. She was creative. She is an excellent roll model.
And it very tragic that the company she worked with did not appreciate her.
Believe me, I know what that’s like
I’ve already said I’m perfectly fine with shaming racists. This syrup company is trying to run away from the issue by removing the logo and the name, but that isn’t fooling anyone.
I just don’t want people to forget the real person of Nancy Green.
Start your own post and quit derailing this one then.
Seems to me “tragic” and not appreciated are really downplaying what actually happened here. She made the company, and was left out of the profits almost entirely. She was purposefully exploited and used. It was an actual crime committed against her and millions of other Black women like her. And it was (and continues to be in other ways) the underlying structure of our society. I’d argue you can’t fully honor her work without noting this level of exploitation that she was subjected to, with no recourse for her.
That may be. Perhaps recompense to her living family.
I think we can remember her and still remove the image from the box. It’s not called “Nancy Green’s” after all, but Aunt Jemima, which is an offensive character. Plus, I don’t think Green was the model for years now, as other women’s likenesses were used.
Maybe if they really want to honor her, they’d rename it after her and give her family a cut of the profits. Maybe they could help educate the public on how Black women were exploited by marketing and in similar fields. They could support educational opportunities for working class Black women. There are many, many things they COULD do.
I mean, I think we’re confusing a person hired to play the character and the character here. 
I don’t disagree with any of this. In fact you last point is something I mentioned on another site many days ago. And some people’s reaction was lackluster to put it nicely.
Companies put info about athletes on the cereal boxes so I don’t see the problem.
When G+ existed I made a “Collection” where I regularly listed women and their achievements.
I’ve just moved that to MeWe since I hate facebook. Women in general and women of color are often the ignored heroes in society. Anyone with a Mother already knows this.
The company certainly did. They didn’t see her real value
having trouble even writing a post about this sketchy racist story without the post maybe being racist too
For one, it was not HER on the box, it was a character she played for a while. They were not honoring HER, they were using an image that many white Americans saw as comforting and non-threatening to SELL a product. It was not Nancy Green, it was Aunt Jemima. That’s not the same thing as having Simone Biles on a box of Wheaties or whatever cereal that is.
As a historian, I am aware of this in popular history, which is still dominated by white men interested in telling “great man” history instead of the more complex histories that actually make up the past. This is not the case among professional historians, where women have been writing these histories for decades at this point. You should most certainly look into the historiography being written by women, especially women of color, who have been highlighting the contributions of Black women without ignoring the exploitation and violence aimed at them for a very long time in this country.
The society she lived in did not see her value.
well, jump right into the murky pool.
one of american’s major problems is that for far too long this country has been too afraid to have a frank and honest discussion of racism.
And it needs to happen because the silence is what keeps it around
And still doesn’t, despite singular claims to the contrary.
No, I don’t think me canceling a bad post before anybody sees it is what keeps racism around
No disagreement at all
Counter point!
good point
I read both books.
Great stuff
He truly is the Chaka Khan of sci-fi
But did you still get your Good Deed Cookie™?
