{"id":63586,"date":"2022-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/63586\/disgusting-nancy-ajram-in-blackface-for-prank"},"modified":"2022-05-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T00:00:00","slug":"disgusting-nancy-ajram-in-blackface-for-prank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/63586\/disgusting-nancy-ajram-in-blackface-for-prank\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgusting: Nancy Ajram In Blackface For “Prank”"},"content":{"rendered":"Do Lebanese celebrities not learn from each other\u2019s scandals?

Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram celebrated her birthday by partaking in a questionable “prank” to see whether people on the streets would recognize her after her appearance had been modified. The problem is the way in which she chose to modify her appearance happened to be her donning blackface.

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In the video shared, Nancy is seen sporting a much darker<\/i> skin tone painted on by her makeup team. She is also sporting a wig with dark curly hair.

For those who don\u2019t know: Blackface is an extremely racist and derogatory representation of Black people. Oftentimes the depiction is done as cartoonish, outlandish, and garish. It can also be as simple as someone altering their skin tone (usually a white or white-passing individual) to the point where they can be mistaken for a different race.

It appears as though there is a general lack of awareness as to how damaging these portrayals can be. Nancy, along with her team, should have taken note when other celebrities like Myriam Fares<\/a> and Tanya Saleh<\/a> were previously called out for donning Blackface. They\u2019ve proven that they still lack the basic sensibilities that contribute to racism and ignorance in our region. It is the total lack of awareness about how a disenfranchised people and an entire continent are still struggling to write their own history and still fighting for the right to represent themselves.

Here are a few reactions to the so-called prank:

It\u2019s 2022 and people still think it okay to use blackface as a prank. Nancy, don\u2019t come later and say \u201cI didn\u2019t know it was racist\u201d, this is not an excuse\u2026 the first thing that pops out when you search for blackface is racism. https:\/\/t.co\/IwHymkAjiA<\/a><\/p>\u2014 \ud80c\udc86 Meryem (@hgmeryem) May 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>