MELBOURNE, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Melbourne Boomers basketball player Alice Kunek has been slammed for posting a picture of herself on social media wearing blackface, with Australia team mate Liz Cambage saying she was "shocked and disturbed" by her behaviour.
Posing with another local player wearing fancy dress, Australia forward Kunek wore a beanie and torn clothes with the make-up in what she said was intended to be a tribute to American rapper Kanye West.
"I'm am so shocked and disturbed to see this behavior from someone I'm meant to call a 'teammate'," Cambage, whose father is Nigerian, said on Twitter.