Meghan Markle and husband Harry may have committed that unpardonable sin by taking note of skin color. Specifically, the couple appear to be leveraging their name recognition through a deal with Proctor & Gamble.
The row is over products the company sells to 'people of color' that allows them to lighten their skin color. Those products include Olay White Radiance Light Perfecting Essence which is marketed to dark people in the Philippines and Olay Natural White to even darker people in Nigeria.
It seems the couple are monetizing their notoriety. I have no problem with that. And it seems to dark people want to be lighter and light people want to be darker. Again, no problem. It's akin to whitening one's teeth.
The problem arises when the far-left leverages human nature to advance its cult-like dogma to impose its social justice myths on the rest of us. Acknowledging people are different — particularly in skin tone — runs contrary to Marxism's objective. Marxism wants us all to be the same so they can blame economic inequality on social injustice. Acknowledging skin color is different (and it obviously is) is a slippery slope. Next thing you know, we will realize the intelligence and aptitude levels may also be diverse and, if so, those with aptitudes for creating and growing wealth may be natural and even beneficial. In that case, Marxism is not only unneeded, but it is an impediment to human advancement.
Former P&G executive Alex Malouf said Meghan and Harry would face pressure to say whether or not they supported the sale of these products.
He said: "Meghan has talked a lot about the issue of race and racism, so this does stick out like a sore thumb."
The skin-lightening industry is worth around £6 billion a year.
Cosmetic firms have faced pressure to stop selling skin-lightening creams amid claims they are racist.
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