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| Topic | So are we getting to the point where toothpaste will go the way of the dodo? |
| Sahuagin 06/28/20 2:53:58 PM #29: | adjl posted... This is completely about skin colour, though, because these are skin whitening products. Demonizing the word "white" more broadly than that would indeed be silly, but this is a matter of changing marketing that literally promotes whiter skin as being desirable/better.yeah I was thinking of teeth whitening at the time. there is an unfortunate association between whiteness and cleanliness, but that still shouldn't make wanting things to be white (clean) racist. (because that kind of whiteness is not the same thing. really it's more like calling caucasians "white" in the first place is more racist than calling clean teeth "white". caucasians are not really "white".). for the skin products thing... I don't think customizing your appearance should be considered racist, even making your skin lighter if that's what you want. a person can get a tan, too, that doesn't make it racist. or they can dye their hair, etc.etc. but, to the degree that the company's marketing campaigns are pushing a cultural bias towards lighter skin and against darker skin, it's probably a good idea to stop doing that. it's one thing if it was completely neutral/benign, but as long as there's a group of people that are facing unjust discrimination partly because of that exact thing, then it isn't. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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