Posted on 06/27/2020 5:20:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Paris (AFP) -- French cosmetics giant L'Oreal announced Saturday it was removing words like "whitening" from its products, against the backdrop of global anti-racism protests.
"The L'Oreal Group has decided to remove the words white/whitening, fair/fairness, light/lightening from all its skin evening products," the company said in a statement.
Several companies -- including L'Oreal -- have been criticised recently for skin-lightening products after the global rise of the Black Lives Matter movement following the police killing in the US of African-American George Floyd last month.
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The only approved skin products will be charcoal based?
Another one on the list, dont buy boycott
I still want my white shirts to be “whiter than white.”
No more Mack the Knife...
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white
No more Whiter Shade of Pale.
Just wait until they go after teeth whitening products. Your teeth should be so yellow roosters crow.
Teeth whitening products will likely be next. And then Snow White.
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