http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article6572173.ece
LOréal, the French cosmetics giant, whose advertising campaigns proclaim because youre worth it, was found guilty of racial discrimination for considering black, Arab and Asian women unworthy of selling its shampoo. Frances highest court was told that the group had sought an all-white team of sales staff to promote Fructis Style, a haircare product made by Garnier, LOréals beauty division. The word went out that Garniers hostesses should be BBR bleu, blanc, rouge the colours of the French flag. The expression is widely recognised in the French recruitment world as a code for white French people born to white French parents, a court was told, in effect excluding the four million or so members of ethnic minorities in France. La Cour de Cassation, the equivalent of the US Supreme Court, said that the policy was illegal under French employment law, upholding a ruling given by the Paris Appeal Court in 2007. That image already suffered a battering when LOréal executives were forced to deny claims that they had lightened the singer Beyoncé Knowless skin for a campaign last year. The ruling also hinted at widespread prejudice among French shoppers since LOréal believed that they were more likely to buy shampoo from white sales staff, the court was told." It still amazes me that so many people have, or pretend to have, their heads in the sand over the realities of raci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298899 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
