Football star Nic Naitanui has commented on a Perth mother's decision to dress her son in blackface, so he could dress as his idol during a school Book Week competition.

Naitanui tweeted on Friday that he felt the mother didn't intend to cause any harm and just wanted her 'kid to simply be Nic Nat'.

View photos Nic Nat suggested the mum consider an alternative method next time. Photo: Getty/Twitter. More

However he suggested she consider an alternative method next time.

“The young bloods innocence merely attempting to emulate his hero hurts my heart,” he said in his statement.

“Especially when that hero is me.

“It’s a shame racism coexists in an environment where our children should be nurtured not tortured because they are unaware of the painful historical significance “blackface” has had previously on the oppressed.

“I don’t believe the mother had any intention to cause harm, just wanted her kid to simply be “Nic Nat”, however may reflect on this and choose an alternate method next time #educationisthekey #evenivelearnt”

The mum said she stood by her decision to give her son blackface and that she has been called "every single name under the sun" after being labelled a racist across social media for sharing her son's picture.

View photos The little boy dressed as Nic Naitanui. Source: Facebook More

"I was a little worried about painting him (so many politically correct extremists these days)," she posted on a popular social blogger's wall.

"He is pasty white and if I sent him in a wig and footy gear, no one would tell who he was.

"So I grew a set of balls and painted my boy brown and he looked fan****tastic."

The mother said her son won the best dressed parade, despite being told the idea was "horrible" by other parents.

"Parenting win! I'm celebrating by having a wine before 12pm," she said.

Once posted on blogger Constance Hall's wall, the picture went viral with thousands of people slamming the mother's decision.

The popular Perth blogger later told her followers she deleted the mother's post because her site is "not a place for posts that can hurt people".

While condemning dressing up a child in blackface, Ms Hall said she believed the mother dressed her son with the best intentions.

"I don't believe that the mum in question was behaving maliciously, I don't believe that she intended to hurt anyone. However I think it was an ill informed decision based on her view that there is too much political correctness in our world," she posted to her almost 900,000 followers.

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