Tesco put security tags on make-up for dark skin - but not lighter tones
Natalie Westgate went to her local Tesco on a normal shop but was 'disgusted' to find the store had put security boxes around makeup for black skin but nothing at all for the same makeup for white skin
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I hate how fucking racist this country is, shit like this perpetuates racial profiling by treating non whites as criminals and normalising these practices.Natalie Westgate went to her local Tesco on a normal shop but was 'disgusted' to find the store had put security boxes around makeup for black skin but nothing at all for the same makeup for white skin
Tesco put security tags on make-up for black and darker skins at one of its stores, but not on the light and white tones.
Natalie Westgate complained to the supermarket giant after a trip to her local store with her daughter in Osterley, West London.
There the mum-of-three saw all of the Garnier BB creme products for "deep", black, skin tones had been put in security boxes.
But the exact same products, at the exact same price, that served "light", white, skin remained on the shelf without any such precautions.
Natalie slammed the move as "absolutely disgusting and not to mention racist".
In a tweet, she said: "Can you please explain this? Do white people not steal then? Absolutely disgusting and not to mention racist!!!!"
Then, after receiving a response, she added: "I understand you have to security box items but do you think it is ok to only have the dark range security boxed and not the entire range.
"Please ask your race and ethnicity network and Black Voices Advisory Group what they think to security only boxing the dark range then get back to me."
Initially, Tesco 's response was to ask her to direct message them on the platform. In it they said: "Please let me reassure you that it is never our intention to offend anyone through the security tagging of our products.
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