Jemima brand famous for pancake mixes, maple syrup, and other breakfast foods. In a statement to nbc news, quaker oats writing in part, we recognize aunt jemimas origins are based on a racial stereotype. While work has been done over the years to update the brand in a manner intended to be appropriate and respectful, we realize those changes are not enough. Trevor thats right, after 130 yearsing it officially time to pour one out for aunt jemima. Dont worry. I put pancakes on the floor. Now, if you dont understand the big deal is, aunt jemima, from the beginning, was a classic slave mammy stereotype who got her name from an old blackface minstrel character. And although the company has tried to strip away the most racist stuff over the years people still associate aunt jemima with ads like this one from 1945, where aunt jemima is saying lawsee folks sho whoops with joy over aunt jemima pancakes. So, yeah, those ads were so racist, trump going to appoint one to attorney general. Its als
Trevor lets begin with the police. If youre black, you know them as the guys pulling you over. If youre white, you know them as the guys that give lap dances at bachelorette parties. For three weeks since the killing of george floyd, millions of people around the country have been calling for police to be reined in. And after weeks of local leaders responding to the protests, today, the president carefull carefully shuffled down the ramp into the fray. Called for some modest changes, like a database to track police misconduct. There was a new thing that would challenger Police Departments not to use choke holds, saying the choke holds should not be used unless an officer felt like his life was in danger, which means the thing can be used, but it cant be used. But it can be used. When trump came out to make these remarks, it just felt like his heart wasnt in it. Americans believe we must summit the brave men and women in blue who police our streets and keep them safe. Americans know the
Senior executives started trying to bring him down months before he was first attained. Governmenthong kong admits chinas security rules may not conform to longtime practices, but the Stock Exchange insist things will be better in the long run. I think this certainly creates a clarity and stability for us to move forward. Lets take a look at the monday morning markets. A tepid rebound after we had the biggest route in about 12 weeks on the back of that retailfueled surge we saw in valuations. This is what we are seeing when it comes to s p futures, down about 1 . Chicago nikkei futures also lower. Positive,ures in the still indicating a downside of about. 2 . Then stocks trading at lowest in about two weeks. Kiwi stocks, trading underway. After we heard a contraction when it comes to the Services Industry and a bit of a pullback when it comes to the aussie and kiwi dollars. Risk very tepid across the board. Lets turn to those fears of a second virus wave in beijing. China probing offic
Businesses are failing, tourism has collapsed and confidence is shot. Beijing is expected to confirm the new security laws for hong kong later on tuesday after imposing visa bans on americans it says are interfering. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures flat at the open. We had a rally in the regular session with u. S. Stocks surging. The s p 500 erasing its june declines. All 11 sectors in the s p 500 closed higher, being led by industrial, communication stocks. We had some positive Economic Data. Pending home sales posting a record game, offsetting concerns of the virus resurgence over some states in the u. S. Including florida and new jersey. We have the dollar also closing around the four week high. Take a look at what would liz doing. Under a little bit of pressure but still above 39 a barrel. Oil rebounding from the weekly loss as we got better than expected Economic Data. We are still seeing a bit of a bearish picture in the o
During Todays Supreme Court arguments concerning President Trumps financial records, trumps lawyer jay sekulow argued that trump is, quote, asking for temporary president ial immunity. Temporary . He has seven months left in a fouryear term its like going to work and asking for a sixhour lunch break. During Todays Supreme Court arguments, the lawyer representing House Democrats told justices that lawmakers need access to trumps tax returns to see if hes, quote, subject to foreign leverage. Oh, come on thats just ridiculous, said justice putin. During a Coronavirus Briefing yesterday, President Trump told an Asian American reporter to, quote, ask china in response to a question about coronavirus rates. Okay, im starting to think melanias be best program isnt working. Telling an asianamerican reporter to ask china is like a skit the be best players would do at a school and then say, freeze okay now, who knows what the president should have asked . And then the president would raise his h