... her traditional red and yellow plaid handkerchief tied around her head. This handkerchief was symbolic of slavery and validated the image of mammy "the loyal, wide-grinned servant who flipped pancakes happily for her white family. This image of black women intertwined with domestication set the stage for racial tensions that would develop in the 1950s. Aunt Jemima's image was ... ...

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