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Bags of Uncle Ben's rice are seen on a store shelf on June 17, 2020 in Washington,DC. Amid nationwide protests against racism, major US food companies on June 17, 2020 said they would change the Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's brands, both of which feature African American mascots. The United States has a long history of racist caricatures of African Americans and other minorities across popular culture, though in recent decades those images have become increasingly taboo.Businesses across the world's largest economy are facing a reckoning over branding following last month's killing of a black man, George Floyd, at the hands of police in Minneapolis, which sparking many protests against racism. (Photo by Eva HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo by EVA HAMBACH/AFP via Getty Images)