Black TV presenter London Hughes (London Hughes) from the UK spoke about the racism she encountered while working on the BBC channel. The journalist remembered the incident that happened to her in 2012, writes The Metro.
“When I was broadcasting on the BBC, one of the makeup artists smeared my face with hot chocolate because she didn’t have cosmetics for black people,” the TV host said.
According to Hughes, the channel employee did not know her skin color beforehand, so she panicked. The makeup artist didn’t tell what hot chocolate was put on her face, but later the TV host saw the packaging in her makeup bag..
“I decided to check with my producer what she put on my face. Makeup artist admitted it was hot chocolate, ”Hughes remembered..