Enhle Mbali’s Blackface Photo Resurfaces After Carlton Hair Controversy
- Enhle Mbali's controversy after using a racial slur to talk about her hair brought attention to another racially insensitive moment in her career
- The actress was in hot water in 2016 after she made a post attempting to celebrate darker skin tones
- Online users looked back at the unsavoury moment in response to the way Enhle Mbali perpetuated negative stereotypes about afro hair
Enhle Mbali was supposed to be booked and busy as a Carlton Hair ambassador until she made controversial remarks about afro hair. The model made an apology for talking badly about her own hair while promoting hair treatments by Carlton Hair.
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Enhle Mbali's words struck a nerve among black South Africans after she used the k-word. Some netizens reminded others that Enhle Mbali sparked nationwide anger with another incident over a racial post she shared in 2016.
Enhle Mbali's viral use of the k-word to describe her hair reminded people that she once faced backlash for blackface. The actress tried to celebrate darker skin tones during the black lives matter era. To make a statement, Enhle posted a photo of herself with dark face makeup and red lips. In the Instagram post, she wrote that the day love wins will be one when " we love ourselves enough to start bleaching browner, when our love for ourselves gets black lives to matter even more."
The screenshot shows that Enhle Mbali immediately received backlash for posting the photo. In a 2016 News24 article, Enhle reportedly replied, saying the essence of her message was not to offend anyone. She said people being offended by her painting her face darker proved her point that people cared too much about skin. She wrote," All lives matter, no matter where their hues are in the colour wheel. Imagine the day we will get that right, we will stop being offended by trivial things and deal with real issues. Enhle apologised to people who did not like her interpretation of the matter.
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Enhle Mbali's past blackface anger SA
Many people who did not appreciate her apology for using the k-word, referenced Enhle's 2016 blackface controversy. And people pointed out that her past indicated that she was not the right person to be the ambassador for Carlton hair. Online users said that being racially insensitive was not something new to her. See Emhle's blackface post, reshared by @makhuele below:
Z❄️ said:
"I don't forgive her. She literally did something like this during the brown skin girl era, so this isn't her first offence."
@PeeloveNxumalo wondered:
"What’s wrong with this lady? I’ve known that she isn’t the brightest, but this?"
@CvltvreTLK defended Enhle:
"I get what she's saying. A lot of black people, black women in particular, bleach their skin lighter as they perceive lighter skin to be more desirable. We all have a deeply rooted hatred for ourselves as black people. "
@Makhuele said:
"I'm not surprised, even though I don't think she's a bad person, I do think she's ignorant "
@_BigMadam said:
"Painted herself black like she’s not already black 😭👋🏾"
@SponkyponkyL added:
"Ke eng ka Mbali mara? This thing of aspiring to be woke is insane. She's a smart woman and needs to do better. I'm so disappointed."
Enhle Mbali recalls darkest moment on set
Briefly News previously reported that South African actress and fashion designer, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa, shared a personal story regarding what had happened to her on set back in 2020 and 2021.
Recently, the former Rockville star, who has been making headlines because of her divorce from Black Coffee, opened up on social media to her fans about the darkest moment she had experienced on set while shooting a certain scene.
In her Instagram post, Enhle Mbali revealed how her character, which she was portraying as a young woman going under initiation into the dark world, left her feeling spiritually burdened.
Source: Briefly News
