A drugstore chain sparked outrage by posting images depicting black hair on its website -

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Clicks Pharmacy, a South African drugstore chain, sparked outrage by posting images on its website depicting the hair of "dull" blacks and "normal" whites.

Many Internet users, furious, are unleashed on social networks against this sign for four images presenting black hair as "dry and damaged" or "frizzy and dull", next to a blonde hair described as "normal", " fine and smooth ”.

"Our hair, our skin and our bodies must be respected"

“Not only is it a lack of respect for blacks, it also shows the lack of representativeness and diversity” in this company.

“And we're talking about South Africa where the population is 80% black… no kidding!

Zozibini Tunzi tweeted, short and natural hair, crowned Miss Universe in December.

Not only is this disrespectful to black lives, it is also evidence of an absence of representation and diversity within the organization.

And we are talking about a South Africa with a population of about 80% black people (stand to be corrected).

No ways💔 @Clicks_SA https://t.co/HWtfH40HCY

- Zozibini Tunzi (@zozitunzi) September 4, 2020

“We are the black majority and should never, ever accept racism.

Our hair, our skin and our bodies, in our country and the rest of the world, must be respected ”, also tweeted, in capital letters, the deputy of the radical left Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.

Not after Zozibini #ClicksMustFall.

How dare they insult our hair!

This is the reason young black girls in white schools are forced to shave / straighten their #BlackHair.

Whites hate us, they want us to turn white, hate ourselves, which is impossible & undesirable, or disappear!

pic.twitter.com/f1N0AksAVV

- Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (@MbuyiseniNdlozi) September 4, 2020

Selfies of black women with #BlackHairIsNormal

The brand, which has some 500 stores in the country, removed the images and posted a "clear apology" on Twitter.

"We are firm advocates of natural hair and are deeply sorry (…) We made a mistake and apologize sincerely," she wrote on the social network.

“We don't condone racism.

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These images spawned the hashtags #BlackHairIsNormal or #BlackHairIsBeautiful (“black hair is normal”, “black hair is beautiful”), posted on Twitter with selfies of black women proudly displaying their African hairstyles.

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