In All Fairness: India’s Obsession With Light Skin

Brut India

Hindustan Unilever has finally decided to drop the words "fairness", "whitening" and "lightening" from its products. But will this end India's obsession with fairness creams?

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00:00And we'll see you in the next one.

01:20Fair and lovely.

01:34Marketing people for cosmetics get more success when they say a product is for fairness rather

01:42than for any other thing.

01:44Fairness is the supermost requirement.

02:13When I saw the commercial, it took me looking at myself and seeing that commercial for

02:38me to understand that I'm standing for exactly what made me insecure as a teenager.

02:44And then I got out of the contract, of course, and never did it again, but it took me actually

02:48seeing myself saying that and remembering what I felt like as a 12-year-old when I used

02:53to watch the commercials and buy those creams and try and change my skin tone because I

02:58would be prettier.

03:00And I don't think that's the standard of beauty I want for my children or for the children

03:04of the world.

03:05I faced a lot of rejection as well.

03:06I would meet people, they would give me excuses how they can't cast me, sometimes because

03:07of my complexion.

03:34I think that's the standard of beauty I want for my children and for the children of the

03:35world.

03:36I think that's the standard of beauty I want for my children.

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