'Representing the human race is taboo': Uoma Beauty's Sharon Chuter on why pulling skin-whitening products isn't helping Black Lives Matter

By Sarah Parsons | Published: 2-Jul-2020
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The founder of Uoma and activist talks about empty marketing gestures and why it's time for beauty to Shut Up or Pull Up

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Several months into lockdown and Sharon Chuter, founder of Uoma Beauty, is still surprised she has not stepped foot on a plane. Pre-coronavirus she would fly halfway across the world for a three hour meeting, but the pandemic has forced the entrepreneur to rethink her priorities.

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