(Photo by Felix Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images) PARIS - French cosmetics giant L’Oreal said Saturday that it will remove words like “whitening” from its skin care products, a move that comes amid global protests against racism sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States.The company said in a statement Saturday that it “has decided to remove the words white/whitening, fair/fairness, light/lightening from all its skin evening products.”L’Oreal’s decision follows a similar move by Anglo-Dutch firm Unilever on Thursday.
It is among a number of companies that have been the target of criticism in the wake of Floyd’s death following his arrest in Minneapolis.Earlier this month, L’Oreal tweeted that it “stands in.