Bollywood celebrities protesting against racism had once endorsed fairness products

#Blacklivesmatter is trending these days and several Bollywood celebrities are showing favoring anti-racism movement. However, the same Bollywood celebrities have endorsed fairness products in their career.

Priyanka Chopra, Disha Patani, Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and others condemned racism amid George Floyd’s assassination and shared quotes to support the ‘black lives matter’ concept.

Priyanka Chopra had once said in an interview that she would endorse fairness creams.

How can she be so blatantly hypocrite? pic.twitter.com/Wa7c5GJ7r9

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— Major Neel (Retd) (@MajorNeel) June 3, 2020

A Twitter account named ‘anti pigeon’ exposed a list of Bollywood celebrities who endorsed fairness products.

List of Indian actors who are speaking on BLM and their fairness cream ads, a thread : pic.twitter.com/yUeRNLch6U

— anti pigeon (@aluminiummaiden) May 31, 2020

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— anti pigeon (@aluminiummaiden) May 31, 2020

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— anti pigeon (@aluminiummaiden) May 31, 2020

This is very vague but let’s count it pic.twitter.com/qCRWKsORMw

— anti pigeon (@aluminiummaiden) May 31, 2020

I think I need to say, that in no way do j think we should target just these actors. It’s the whoeld amn industry. Ones staying silent are arguably even worse if not consistent. This is just the result of internalised colorism in a society which values fair skin

— anti pigeon (@aluminiummaiden) May 31, 2020

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Please let us not forget those who haven’t even said anything, is that worse? pic.twitter.com/Y3kVyC5jQz

— anti pigeon (@aluminiummaiden) May 31, 2020