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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

BBC removes article linking bare nails trend to ‘white supremacist standards of beauty’

Close-up of a black woman's hands with bare nails holding and tapping on a smartphone screen
BBC bosses concluded the article did not challenge quotes in the piece linking bare nails to white supremacy. Photograph: Posed by model; LaylaBird/Getty

A BBC article that included a claim that a trend for bare nails was linked to “white supremacist standards of beauty” has been permanently removed from its website, after editors concluded it did not meet the corporation’s editorial standards.

The article, which first ran on the BBC’s website on 27 September, examined an apparent “viral craze” for bare rather than decorated nails. It said the trend had been flooding social media and fashion catwalks.

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