L'Oreal's sacking of transgender model Munroe Bargdorf prompts online backlash

Critics accuse L'Oreal of paying lip-service to diversity for commercial gain

Munroe Bergdorf
(Image credit: Facebook/Munroe Bergdorf)

L'Oreal's decision to fire Munroe Bargdorf - the cosmetics company's first transgender model - just days after making her a brand ambassador has been criticised as an attempt to silence anti-racism activism.

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