Mars had announced in the summer that the Uncle Ben's brand would "evolve." Since the 1940s, the rice boxes have featured a white-haired Black man, sometimes with a bow tie, an image critics say ...

Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and “Rastus,” the Cream of Wheat man, were actually meant to be stand-ins for what white people viewed as a generation of formerly enslaved Black cooks now lost to them.

Since the 1940s, the rice boxes have featured a white-haired Black man ... an orange background with a similar blue font. Some Uncle Ben's products will remain on store shelves until they sell ...

Uncle Ben’s was founded as Converted Brand Rice ... Critics have pointed out the problematic use of a Black man to be the face of a white company, noting that Black men were often referred ...

Mars Inc. has renamed its Uncle Ben’s rice products “Ben’s Original ... The Virginia-based company is also scrapping the portrait of a white-haired black man that has adorned its rice ...

Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, Land O’ Lakes ... color baked into American popular culture are part of a long history of white people flattening “ethnic” culture and peoples into digestible ...

Uncle Ben's rice is losing its longtime logo and changing ... to make amends as long as the company lines the pockets of white business owners without investing in the Black community.

Mars Food is changing the name of its Uncle Ben’s rice products to Ben’s Original, after widespread anti-racism protests renewed the focus on companies that for decades used racial images to ...

Mars had announced in the summer that the Uncle Ben's brand would “evolve.” Since the 1940s, the rice boxes have featured a white-haired Black man, sometimes with a bow tie, an image critics ...

Noticeably absent is the photo of Uncle Ben, a Black man with white hair that has appeared on the brand's products since the 1940s. Over the years, some versions of the packaging showed the man ...