Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Ben Stein Dragged For Rant About Aunt Jemima No Longer Being A 'Large African American Woman'

Ben Stein holding a syrup bottle
Ben Stein

The 'Ferris Bueller' actor filmed himself complaining about the 'racist' decision to retire the former bottle.

Few celebrities who've gone far-right in recent years have sullied as much goodwill as actor Ben Stein, most famous as the droning, hilariously dull economics teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Most other MAGA-ish celebs were already problematic long before our current era—guys like Ted Nugent and Kid Rock and Kevin Sorbo weren't exactly known for being likable icons back in the day.


But Stein was genuinely beloved for many years, adding to his Bueller legend with stints on iconic shows like Family Guy and the eminently silly Comedy Central trivia gameshow Win Ben Stein's Money.

Now, his work consists of complaining the pancake and syrup brand formerly known as Aunt Jemima—now known as Pearl Milling Company—no longer has a "large African American woman" as a mascot, as seen in the video below.

Stein took to the internet to lament the fact the former Aunt Jemima company tried to remedy the influence of "America's inherently racist corporate culture" by changing its name and product appearance.

The company's move caused an uproar—exclusively among conservatives, who never seem to have anything better to do—when the company announced it in 2020 in the wake of George Floyd's murder and the ensuing protests against racism and police brutality.

The former packaging featured the face of a smiling Black woman—an update to the many decades in which the packaging featured a jolly, Black "mammy" caricature dressed as a domestic slave with taglines that mocked Black speech like, "I'ze in town, honey! ... Time fo' dee-licious Aunt Jemima's...ready-mixed fo' you!"

The branding was rooted in racism from the antebellum South and Reconstruction era and immortalized in films like Gone With The Wind, with its iconic Black "mammy" slave character—who doesn't even have a name and is just called Mammy.

And the brand's very origins are rooted in racist exploitation of an actual Black servant the company paraded around at World's Fairs to advertise its pancake products.

Stein thinks removing slave imagery from syrup packaging is a travesty, however.

He griped:

"They decided to make it a white person or maybe no person at all."
"But I prefer it when it was a Black person showing their incredible skill making pancakes.”

Twitter, as you might imagine, did not take kindly to Stein's Aunt Jemima video.








Imagine if conservatives like Stein spent their energy on issues that actually mattered instead of whining about syrup and butter mascots.

What a world that would be.

More from Trending

Jeff Ross
Mike Coppola/Variety via Getty Images

Comedian Jeff Ross Shares Photos Of Puffed Up Lip After Allergic Reaction To Ice Cream

Insult comic Jeff Ross revealed he had a medical emergency after a show Saturday night that resulted in a trip to the ER. However, he assured fans the show must go on despite "looking like Mickey Rourke at the end of The Wrestler."

Ross recounted the ordeal on Instagram, showing his swollen lip taking over his face from eating burrata ice cream after his Take a Banana for the Ride show in Mill Valley, California, near San Francisco.

Keep ReadingShow less
screenshot of Jesse Watters on Fox News
Fox News

Jesse Watters Offers Mind-Numbing New Claim About Masculinity—And Is Instantly Dragged

Problematic Fox News MAGA pundit Jesse Watters has made another bizarre claim about masculinity.

Having already taken exception with eating ice cream, drinking milkshakes, and taking bubble baths, Watters is now targeting tech jobs.

Keep ReadingShow less
Donald Trump with the Dodgers
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Trump Leaves Everyone Confused With Hilariously Bizarre Word Salad Tribute To The Dodgers

President Donald Trump was widely mocked after he welcomed the 2024 World Series-winning Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House on Monday with a bizarre, tangential, and rambling speech.

The team arrived at the White House on Monday morning, where Trump, in his remarks, praised two-way star Shohei Ohtani and infielder Mookie Betts. The Dodgers had defeated the New York Yankees in five games to clinch their second World Series title in five seasons.

Keep ReadingShow less
Donald Trump
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Trump Roasted After Giving Clunky New Nickname To People Criticizing His Tariffs

President Donald Trump was criticized after he pushed back against critics of his tariffs, coming up with a new nickname for the "weak and stupid" people who oppose them.

The Trump administration’s newly imposed tariffs on imports from various countries have unsettled consumers, triggered a trade war, disrupted global markets, and sparked widespread fears of a potential recession in the U.S. and beyond.

Keep ReadingShow less

Childhood Experiences People Thought Were 'Normal' But Weren't At All

Content Warning: Child neglect, child abuse, narcissism, gaslighting, people-pleasing, and other traumatic childhood experiences

It's important for us to work on ourselves, to continue bettering ourselves throughout our limited time on this earth, and a key way of doing that is acknowledging what we do not know, and working on that.

Keep ReadingShow less