Buttheseproductsandthemessagesoftheseadsaredestructivebecausetheyrelyon a conceptcalled "colorism", whichsociologistMargaretHunterdefinesastheprocessofdiscriminationthatprivilegeslight-skinnedpeopleofcolorovertheirdark-skinnedcounterparts.
Thiswaspartof a largerprojectofpresentingwhitecivilization, Europeancivilizationassuperiorandhere, theassociationisthatblacknessis a formofuncleanlinessthatcanbewipedaway.
Anddespitethecriticismandsafetyissuesoftheseproducts, theprojectedgrowthinsalesmeanstheworldstillhas a longwaytogountilthepracticeofskinwhiteningbecomesobsolete.