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2020-06-27 -PC Follies

L’Oreal to drop words such as ‘whitening’ from skin products

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Posted by Fred 2020-06-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 But they're going to keep making and selling the products.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-06-27 09:49|| 2020-06-27 09:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Speaking English is too white too. Mandatory Swahilï classes start ïn fall.

Posted by Crins Throlusing3119 2020-06-27 10:39|| 2020-06-27 10:39|| Front Page Top

#3 But they're going to keep making and selling the products.

Well, sure. There is a demand for these products in brown-skinned populations, African and Asian. I have no idea why lighter is skin is associated with higher status, but it is not just an American thing and has been that way for a long time.

Posted by SteveS 2020-06-27 10:55|| 2020-06-27 10:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Michael Jackson is rolling in his grave.

Posted by Clem 2020-06-27 11:16|| 2020-06-27 11:16|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm so old I remember when Michael Jackson was a little black kid.

Posted by SteveS 2020-06-27 12:08|| 2020-06-27 12:08|| Front Page Top

#6 I have no idea why lighter is skin is associated with higher status, but it is not just an American thing and has been that way for a long time.

In traditional economies, suntanned skin results from working outside in the fields. Only the rich can afford to lounge about inside, bossing around those who must do physical labour, and so the distinguishing mark of success is paleness. In the developed world, by contrast, the labouring classes for the most part toil indoors, in offices and factories. The small number who work outside develop farmer tans because they respect nudity taboos while working. Only the moneyed class can afford vacations to sunny spots where they can spend hours laying out in the sun in tiny bathing suits.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-06-27 12:24|| 2020-06-27 12:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Speaking English is too white too. Mandatory Swahilï classes start ïn fall.

I would've expected Ebonics.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-06-27 14:14|| 2020-06-27 14:14|| Front Page Top

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