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Subject: [Leica] Political Correctness Changes with the Years
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 11:00:14 -0500
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Thanks, Lluis.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lluis Ripoll" <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Political Correctness Changes with the Years


> +1
> Lluis
>
> El 03/07/2013, a las 03:56, Tina Manley escribi?:
>
>> Love the photo and the skirts and Aunt Jemima! My how times do change!
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> On Tuesday, July 2, 2013, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>> The recent comments on Political Correctness reminded me of how much
>> these definitions have changed through the years.  My only 
>> print-published
>> photo image was made in 1954, when the Tullahoma Jaycees, of which I was 
>> a
>> member, held a fund-raising Pancake Day in conjunction with the makers of
>> Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix.  The pancake company had hired an attractive
>> African American lady to represent them as Aunt Jemima at these events. 
>> My
>> photo appeared on the cover of the Tennessee Jaycees News Letter, and is
>> the only published photo I can claim.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Pancake+1954_001.jpg.html
>>>
>>> I'm sure that, by today's standards, this might be thought of as
>> demeaning.  But, she was a charming lady, with a great smile, and added a
>> lot to the event.  She was much more photogenic than the club members who
>> were helping her with the cooking.  ;~)
>>>
>>> Tina might comment on the skirts of the ladies in the foreground. 
>>> Styles
>> also change.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Tina Manley
>> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
>>
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