Overview
- Huda Beauty announced on Oct. 31 that it ended its collaboration with Huda Mustafa and would remove related content from social platforms and in-store displays.
- A viral clip from an Instagram Live showed an unknown caller using the N-word about Olandria Carthen as Mustafa and Louis Russell briefly laughed before ending the call.
- Mustafa later issued a fuller apology, said she was caught off guard, called her reaction inappropriate, and pledged a personal donation to the NAACP.
- Carthen condemned the language as unacceptable and urged donations to Black-led organizations including the UNCF, NAACP, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
- Russell said their response was a startled reaction and denounced the language as harmful, while several fellow Islanders publicly called for accountability.