David Segal, Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemima, and the Evolution of Stereotypes

Washington Post and Slate reporter David Segal has an amazing meditation on stereotypes that appears at Slate.com and NPR. Of particular note given their cameos in Tex[t]-Mex, are his findings on the recent doings of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben.



Particularly bothersome among Segal's gallery of seductive hallucinations? A Mexican bandito in need of, hold for it, deodorant!!!!! Holy dirty "Mexicans," Batman!



My thanx to publicity maven Allison Dolan for bringing this story to my greedy eyes!