The Indian arm of consumer giant Unilever said Thursday it will rename its locally marketed
's obsession with fair skin is deeply entrenched, with lighter tones assumed to reflect higher social class within the country's complex caste hierarchy.
"We are making our skin care portfolio more inclusive and want to lead the celebration of a more diverse portrayal of beauty," Sanjiv Mehta, head of Hindustan Unilever, said in a statement. giant L'Oreal -- have been criticised recently for skin-lightening products after the global rise of the Black Lives Matter movement following the killing in the US of African-American George Floyd.
Johnson & Johnson said last week it would stop selling some Neutrogena and Clean & Clear products, advertised as dark-spot reducers in Asia and the Middle East.have long been endorsed by major Bollywood stars -- including Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Chopra Jonas, married to American singer Nick Jonas, has been pilloried on social media for apparent hypocrisy in supporting the Black Lives Matter movement as well as having served as an ambassador for lightening products.
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