Uncle Ben, of rice-in-a-box fame, recently got promoted from house slave to "CEO." Don't ask. I don't really get it, either. For the record, Aunt Jemima has had no such luck. It still sucks for women in the workplace.

Anyway, to commemorate, Slate put together a fun little slide show of the most egregious examples of racist spokescharacters. Most are based on black stereotypes, but there are a few Mexicans and Native Americans in there for good measure. According to Slate, racial stereotypes are slowly getting phased out of modern advertisements. Maybe they missed this Red Stripe ad.

[Slate]