She was soon called out by both fans and detractors for cultural appropriation, defined as the adoption of elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture. In this case, a White woman is wearing a traditionally African hairstyle that many Black women are criticized for wearing in certain environments.
Holy shit @KimKardashian not ok ever in any way no nope no. What are you doing? You have power to positively influence and lift up marginalized ppl but instead you culturally appropriate and think you’re cute!? GTFO. #culturalappropriation#stopithttps://t.co/uSTlG5JBMz
— Candice Felts (@Candice__Felts) June 17, 2018
Did you read my comment colonizer?! I said this particular braid style is called Fulani after the Fula tribes in West Africa! We as Black people have the right to call out cultural appropriation! The Black community is tired of colonizers telling us how we should feel!
It is cultural appropriation when black women are seen as ghetto and unprofessional for wearing braids but ole wanna be Kim K wears them on red carpets and it’s now stylish https://t.co/4e1bmzAvZx
People are really reaching at Kim k for having her hair in loads of braids saying it’s cultural appropriation. Lol I used to get the same style done like that whenever I went to Spain as a kid
Do you really know what cultural appropriation really is? In what way is she mocking black people by wearing braids? Did she specifically claim that someone else invented the braids or miscredit black people in anyway? No? Oh, ok.
— s t r e s s e d kermit (@DistressedKermy) June 18, 2018
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