{"id":17545,"date":"2016-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/mum-in-strife-for-painting-son-to-look-like-nic-nat\/"},"modified":"2016-08-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T00:00:00","slug":"mum-in-strife-for-painting-son-to-look-like-nic-nat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/mum-in-strife-for-painting-son-to-look-like-nic-nat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum in strife for painting son to look like \u2018Nic Nat\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A Perth mum has caused a stir after she painted her son in blackface to look like West Coast Eagle Nic Naitanui and then posted the photo online.<\/h3>\n<p>She was dressing her son up as part of his school\u2019s book week \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is pastey White (sic) and if I just sent him in a wig and footy gear, no one would tell who he was,\u201d the mother wrote in her post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many politically correct extremists these days \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"366\" width=\"649\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nic_nat_paint.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the image went viral, Naitanui posted a response &#8212; saying the situation \u201churts my heart\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nic wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe young bloods innocence merely attempting to emulate his hero hurts my heart. Especially when that hero is me!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame racism coexists in an environment where our children should be nurtured not tortured because they are unaware of the painful historical significance \u201cblackface\u201d has had previously on the oppressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe the mother had any intention to cause harm, just wanted her kid to simple be \u201cNic Nat\u201d however may reflect on this and choose an alternate method next time. #Educationisthekey #evenIvelearnt\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"734\" width=\"531\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-08-26_at_9.05.00_am.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/port-adelaide-veteran-to-leave-the-club\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PORT ADELAIDE VETERAN TO LEAVE THE CLUB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/afl-faces-the-music-over-sloane-suspension\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AFL FACES THE MUSIC OVER SLOANE SUSPENSION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Perth mum has caused a stir after she painted her son in blackface to look like West Coast Eagle Nic Naitanui and then posted the photo online. She was dressing her son up as part of his school\u2019s book week \u2026 \u201cHe is pastey White (sic) and if I just sent him in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-17545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2.1 (Yoast SEO v20.2.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mum in strife for painting son to look like \u2018Nic Nat\u2019 - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/mum-in-strife-for-painting-son-to-look-like-nic-nat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mum in strife for painting son to look like \u2018Nic Nat\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Perth mum has caused a stir after she painted her son in blackface to look like West Coast Eagle Nic Naitanui and then posted the photo online. 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