Fired transgender model calls for L'Oreal boycott
Munroe Bergdorf
In a matter of days  transgender model  Munroe Bergdorf  went from posting  her  excitement after being hired by makeup brand L'Oreal Paris to calling for a boycott of the company.
Early Friday  the UK division of the company announced its partnership with the London model was ending after  she  posted a comment on Facebook that started with  "'Honestly I don't have energy to talk about the racial violence of white people any more. Yes ALL white people."
LâOrÃ©al champions diversity. Comments by  Munroe Bergdorf  are at odds with our values and so we have decided to end our partnership with  her . â L'OrÃ©al Paris UK (@LOrealParisUK) September 1  2017
 Bergdorf  fired back that  her  words about the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville last month were taken out of context and that the company didn't want  her  talking about systemic racism.  She  said  she  was "disappointed with the company" and wrote a massive post about the irony of being on a beauty campaign that "stands for diversity" and then getting fired for talking about white privilege.
 Bergdorf  directly addressed the controversial statement that appears to have led to  her  firing. "When I stated that 'all white people are racist'  I was addressing that fact that western society as a whole  is a SYSTEM rooted in white supremacy - designed to benefit  prioritise and protect white people before anyone of any other race. Unknowingly  white people are SOCIALISED to be racist from birth onwards. It is not something genetic. No one is born racist "  she  wrote on Facebook.
 Bergdorf  had announced earlier this week that  it  was "such an honour to become L'Oreal's first transgender model in the UK."
In a matter of days  transgender model   [TGT] went from posting   [TGT]   excitement after being hired by makeup brand L'Oreal Paris to calling for a boycott of the company.
Early Friday  the UK division of the company announced its partnership with the London model was ending after   [TGT]   posted a comment on Facebook that started with  "'Honestly I don't have energy to talk about the racial violence of white people any more. Yes ALL white people."
LâOrÃ©al champions diversity. Comments by   [TGT] are at odds with our values and so we have decided to end our partnership with   [TGT]  . â L'OrÃ©al Paris UK (@LOrealParisUK) September 1  2017
  [TGT] fired back that   [TGT]   words about the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville last month were taken out of context and that the company didn't want   [TGT]   talking about systemic racism.   [TGT]   said   [TGT]   was "disappointed with the company" and wrote a massive post about the irony of being on a beauty campaign that "stands for diversity" and then getting fired for talking about white privilege.
  [TGT] directly addressed the controversial statement that appears to have led to   [TGT]   firing. "When I stated that 'all white people are racist'  I was addressing that fact that western society as a whole  is a SYSTEM rooted in white supremacy - designed to benefit  prioritise and protect white people before anyone of any other race. Unknowingly  white people are SOCIALISED to be racist from birth onwards. It is not something genetic. No one is born racist "  she  wrote on Facebook.
  [TGT] had announced earlier this week that   [TGT]   was "such an honour to become L'Oreal's first transgender model in the UK."