Aunt Jemima

Synonyms of Aunt Jemima

• Aunt Jane
• Aunt Thomasina
• coconut
• Oreo

Forms of Aunt Jemima

Origin of Aunt Jemima

From Aunt Jemima, a stereotypical black mammy used to advertise a popular American pancake mixture brand of the same name. American newspaper managing editor Chris L. Rutt is credited with coming up with the name, inspired by the song “Old Aunt Jemima” (written in 1875) after reportedly seeing a minstrel show featuring it in the fall of 1889. A British image in the Library of Congress, which may have been created as early as 1847, shows a smiling black woman named “Miss Jim-Ima Crow”, with a framed image of “James Crow” on the wall behind her; a character named “Aunt Jemima” appeared on the stage in Washington, D.C., as early as 1864.

Questions about Aunt Jemima

What does Aunt Jemima mean?

Aunt Jemima means a black woman who is obsequiously servile to white authority, a black female race traitor.

What part of speech is Aunt Jemima?

Aunt Jemima is a noun.

What is the plural of Aunt Jemima?

The plural of Aunt Jemima is Aunt Jemimas.