Mummy blogger receives 'death threats' for removing blackface photo
A mummy blogger said she has received "death threats" after she removed a photo of a boy dressed in blackface from her Facebook page.
On Thursday, a Perth mother posted to Constance Hall's social media account a picture of her son dressed as his AFL idol Nic Naitanui for a school Book Week competition.
But Ms Hall says her decision to remove the post triggered a torrent of abusive messages towards her, while the child's mother has also been under fire on another front.
"I just don't think we should paint our kids in blackface if it offends and hurts people," Ms Hall wrote.
"Now I have never received so much abuse in my life.
"I am being called a c**t from her family, I have received death threats, I ban them and they start new accounts, they are relentless.
"I have been called every name under the sun, called a fake, told that I am too big for my boots over and over again.
Ms Hall said she was raised "culturally sensitive" and apologised to those she has offended.
"Please stop sending me these horrible messages and writing these things on my wall, I am feeling really broken and alone right now and I don't have the strength for this," she said.
The unnamed mother posted the photo of her son to Ms Hall's wall and announced the occasion as her "queening moment" - a term Ms Hall uses with her followers to declare that all women are "queens" and should be treated that way.
Even though the photo has been deemed controversial by many, the Perth mother said she stood by her decision and claimed she has been called a racist along with "every single name under the sun" on Facebook.
"I was a little worried about painting him (so many politically correct extremists these days)," the unnamed woman posted on the popular blogger's wall.
"He is pasty white and if I sent him in a wig and footy gear, no one would tell who he was.
"So I grew a set of balls and painted my boy brown and he looked fan****tastic."
The mother said her son won the best dressed parade, despite being told the idea was "horrible" by other parents.
"Parenting win! I'm celebrating by having a wine before 12pm," she said.
In response to the controversial post, Ms Hall deleted the image from her Facebook page because she said she didn't agree with a child being painted blackface.
The mummy blogger who has over 880,000 followers wrote that she doesn't believe the mother is racist.
Naitanui has also commented on the photo of a boy 'simply wanting to be Nic Nat'.
On Friday, Naitanui tweeted that he felt the mother didn't intend to cause any harm but suggested she consider an alternative method next time.
“The young bloods innocence merely attempting to emulate his hero hurts my heart,” he said in his statement.
“Especially when that hero is me.
“It’s a shame racism coexists in an environment where our children should be nurtured not tortured because they are unaware of the painful historical significance “blackface” has had previously on the oppressed.
“I don’t believe the mother had any intention to cause harm, just wanted her kid to simply be “Nic Nat”, however may reflect on this and choose an alternate method next time #educationisthekey #evenivelearnt”.
Despite the controversy, the mother of the boy said she still had "a little hope for humanity" after receiving hundreds of inbox messages supporting her decision to paint her son brown.
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