Earlier this month, Johnson & Johnson said it would stop selling skin-whitening creams in Asia and the Middle East, while PepsiCo said it would change the name and brand image of its Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup.Unilever’s “Fair & Lovely” brand dominates the market in South Asia. Similar products are also sold by L’Oréal and Procter & Gamble .
In India, the biggest market for “Fair & Lovely,” fairness products have long been endorsed by leading Bollywood celebrities, as well as other youth icons. Unilever’s India unit, in which the company owns a 67 per cent stake, said it had shifted from such marketing in 2019 and would continue to evolve it to feature women of different skin tones.“This is a big win, but it’s only the beginning,” Nina Davuluri, who in 2014 became the first Indian American to be crowned Miss America, told Reuters.
The name change is subject to regulatory approvals, Unilever’s India unit, Hindustan Unilever, said. It declined to say what the new name would be.
The other day I mixed myself a 'Dark & Stormy' cocktail. Does that make me a racist?
The name is the least of the problems w/these products. The ingredients including potential carcinogens are the problem.
I guess they want in on that white privilege too eh lol. Shaaaake my head...
Michael Jackson must be rolling in his grave 🙄
Would seem to me those using “skin lightening” products are the ones with the issue
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