Logology

Replacing Aunt Jemima Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

A deep dive into America’s long, fraught tradition of racist logos

James I. Bowie
Marker
Published in
7 min readFeb 11, 2021

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A photo illustration with different line textures around a box of Pearl Milling Company pancake mix and a bottle of its syrup.
Photo illustration, source: PepsiCo

The Black Lives Matter groundswell last year prompted reckonings across many aspects of American business, including branding. The criticism of long-established commercial icons like Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben’s, which had…

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James I. Bowie
Marker
Writer for

Principal at Emblemetric, Sociologist at Northern Arizona University. Data-driven reporting on trends in logo design: Emblemetric.com