Colour Discrimination
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Bombay HC temporarily bars Emami from using ‘Glow & Handsome’ name for its skin products
The court noted that Hindustan Unilever had adopted the name first, and said confusion would prevail in the market if the two companies use the same name.
Scroll Staff
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‘Fair & Lovely’ cream to be rebranded as ‘Glow & Lovely’, announces Hindustan Unilever
The skin cream for men will be called ‘Glow & Handsome’.
Scroll Staff
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L’Oreal to drop words such as ‘fair’ and ‘white’ from skin products after Hindustan Unilever
A company spokesperson said they acknowledged the legitimate concerns about the words used to describe its skin even-ing products.
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Nandita Das: ‘Fair & Lovely’ name change may seem superficial but it’s a step in the right direction
At the very least, it will lead to an even wider debate about colour bias.
Nandita Das
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In Pakistan, a community descended from East Africans is still fighting prejudice
The darker-skinned Sheedis are considered inferior by the rest, says the first lawmaker from the community.
Zofeen T Ebrahim, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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‘Fair & Lovely’ cream to lose word ‘fair’, announces Hindustan Unilever
The company has been widely criticised for using racist imagery and promoting negative stereotypes related to darker skin tones.
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In the movies, fair equals lovely while dark equals backward, villainous, savage (take your pick)
The social preference for fair skin is played out on the screen in numerous ways – most of them unflattering.
Damini Kulkarni
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Why one activist wants to rename 'skin' coloured crayons in India
A 20-year-old law student has filed a case against Hindustan Pencils in a consumer court and launched an online drive called Brown n Proud
Aarefa Johari