Black women are clapping back.
When cosmetics brand MAC published a photo of Ugandan model Aamito Lagum’s lips on Instagram, the photo was met with a flood of racist comments from trolls online.
Aamito Lagum and MAC replied with the following posts:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BB-orztIpRn/?taken-by=maccosmetics
https://www.instagram.com/p/BB-f4uctuE_/?taken-by=aamito_lagum
The #PrettyLipsPeriod hashtag was launched by a few black women on Instagram to celebrate the beauty of black lips instead. The hashtag has since travelled on to other social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCAhC0etuPU/?taken-by=aamito_lagum
Other models got involved, bonus points since it’s a video:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCEGYFXKb5B/
And here’s two pairs of lips for the price of one (maybe one and a half since she’s so tiny)!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCGDFoik5hj/
Show us your pretty lips by tagging @_TRUEAfrica on your #PrettyLipsPeriod post on Insta!