Announcing that theyre getting rid of the 130yearold aunt 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 racis
Welcome to the daily social distancing show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor right now, if you want good news, youve got to search pretty hard for it, kind of like one of those wheres waldo . Puzzles. By the way, why are we trying to find waldo . What did he do . Did he murder someone . If he did, shouldnt the cops be looking for him . Why are we searching for him . The point is, you dont need to search for good news, because we found it for you in our ongoing segment, a ray of sunshine. All across america, millions of people have been receiving stimulus checks from the government to help them through this tough time. Some people use the money for rent. Some people use it for groceries. Some people use it to rent groceries. I dont know, they say it saves money. But one woman decided to use her check to lift other peoples spirits. Reporter a new york woman collaborated
Couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor sunshine its something we all could use right now, second only to moonshine. And while i cant legally give you my homemade backyard hooch, i can give you some good news of the day. Lets kick things off with chuck e. Cheese ground zero for the next pandemic. While most restaurants in the age of coronavirus have switched over to delivery, chuck e. Cheese was faced with the ultimate dilemma how do you get people to order your crappy food when the only reason they ever came to your establishment was to entertain their kids and buy weed from the assistant manager . Well, it turns out, all it takes is a little oldfashioned american reporter chuck e. Cheese is accused of tricking some grubhub users. Several customers say they placed orders at pasquallys pizza wings. They thought they were supporting a local business. Every address for pasquallys routes back to a chuck e. Cheese. Well, turns out pa
A wimbledon clarntion the pelosi clap, inspirational clap tepped of the movie, you know, or we are proud of them because theyre black. And remember you have o to keep your energy up the entire entire timed because you if get tired and lose form then it just looks sar cass particular, great jorks doctor, were so proud. No im just tired. You might think im overthinking things but check out this video of Prince Charles and camila also clapping for Health Care Workers tand is not going well. Okay, i feel like harry and meghan saw that video and they left the family all over again. Seriously y did it look so awkward. It looked like this was the first time they investor clapped in their livers. Is this supposed to hurt this much. The only thing i have ever touched is teacup. ,out,out. I will say as him arious hilarious as this was fours, this is probably what people look like to the royal family when we try to figure out what fork to use. And finally as shut downs have, well, shut down our l