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L’OREAL FOUND GUILTY OF RACISM IN FRANCE: Spokeswoman Kate Winslet pressured by group to step down.
*Cosmetics company L’Oreal was found guilty of racism in a French court last week for only using white women to promote its Garnier shampoo in the country.
Civil rights groups in the country are now pressuring actress Kate Winslet and actor Clive Owens to take a moral stand and step down from their positions as spokesmodels.
"We would ask those high-profile ambassadors to think carefully about whether or not they want to be associated with this organization,” said a spokesperson for the Commission for Racial Equality. "What a wonderful opportunity this could be to stand up to racism, to show that it simply has no place in today's society."
Simon Woolley of race campaign group The 1990 Trust adds, "It is shameful that those on L'Oreal's payroll keep conveniently quiet. The correct thing to do would be to at least speak out or resign."
