Estée Lauder Cos. has suspended a top executive without pay following backlash over a post on his personal Instagram account that contained a racial slur and jokes about Covid-19.

The New York-based cosmetics company suspended John Demsey, who serves as executive group president and oversees a portfolio of brands, including MAC and Clinique.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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