Some Harry Potter fans have turned on Emma Watson over an old Lancôme beauty campaign featuring the actress as the face of its ?Blanc Expert? skin-lightening cream.
The 2013 ad resurfaced on a UK-based website, Gal-Dem, in an article criticizing European cosmetic companies for promoting racism with various ?skin-lightening,? ?brightening,? and ?skin-whitening? products to predominantly black and Asian markets.
The author called out Watson, ?forever paraded in the media as a white feminist icon,? and Lancôme for perpetuating ?harmful narratives? which equate ?facial perfection to ?whiteness.??
Watson?s fans reflexively tweeted their disappointment in the feminist actress behind the UN?s HeForShe campaign: their one-time heroine was now a ?fake feminist? and ambassador for white supremacy in the beauty market.
