A Black model has been accused by fellow blacks\u00a0as a ‘rent a black’ and puppet because she was\u00a0validating a white magazine after they placed her on the cover.<\/p>\n
In a litany of tweets, one\u00a0Bonang Matheba took on Phil Mphela, a black blogger.<\/p>\n
Mphela said he would not jump on the non-racial bandwagon to ‘celebrate’ as he did not believe it was worth it.<\/p>\n
“White magazines only use people like Bonang on their covers when they need publicity…You are all just puppets including people like Bonang who have essentially become “rent a black” talent.”<\/p>\n
In response, Matheba swore at Mphela, telling him ‘o tlo nyela’ (you will shit) for referring to her as a puppet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will not allow you to diss black people, including myself, when we already have to work fucking hard\u201d.<\/p>\n
The claim is often made by celebrity blacks, but some in the industry say most are slackers with an inflated sense of entitlement.<\/p>\n
Matheba has since deleted the tweets.<\/p>\n
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