Khloe Kardashian slammed for ‘cultural appropriation’ for her hairstyle in resurfaced video with sister Kylie Jenner
KHLOE Kardashian is being slammed for cultural appropriation after a video resurfaced of her sporting her hair in tight braids. Several members of the Kardashian family have faced similar accusations in the past. The video in question resurfaced on TikTok, showing Khloe, 37, putting on lipgloss at an event while Kylie talks to her. The […]
KHLOE Kardashian is being slammed for cultural appropriation after a video resurfaced of her sporting her hair in tight braids.
Several members of the Kardashian family have faced similar accusations in the past.
The video in question resurfaced on TikTok, showing Khloe, 37, putting on lipgloss at an event while Kylie talks to her.
The Kylie Cosmetics founder appears to be the one behind the camera.
She can be heard saying: “Stass, you look so, like, gorgeous in it,” referring to her sister as her best friend’s name.
The mixup is intended to be the focus of the clip, but fans were distracted by Khloe’s hair.
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“Not the braids,” one commenter wrote.
Another chimed in: “Not the cultural appropriation.”
Someone else echoed that sentiment, writing: “mmmm yes cultural appropriation queen.”
“they still ain’t learned their lesson with the braids,” a fourth critic commented.
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This is far from the first time the mom of one has heard such critiques.
TOO TAN?
In April, Khloe was accused of blackfishing after arriving at a Hulu event visibly darker than usual.
She shared photos from the event, captioning the post: “Hulu anyone?”
Her critics flocked to a Kardashian Reddit thread to slam her over her skin color.
One wrote: “How dark do you want your tan?” while another added: “She looks very pretty but that tan is vicious.”
“This is straight-up blackfishing,” a third posted.
Blackfishing is when someone goes to great lengths to appear to be Black or mixed-race, using tools for hairstyling and makeup.
Khloe’s sisters have also been accused of blackfishing on various occasions.
Kim was slammed for her “out of control” tan while on a date with Pete Davidson and Kylie faced backlash for her visibly darker skin and tight braid.
BANTU BACKLASH
Khloe also came under fire in April again after a photo resurfaced of her showing off a traditionally Black hairstyle.
Her blonde hair was styled in numerous tight buns in the photo from 2016.
One person lashed out over the star’s hairstyle calling her a “cultural appropriator.”
“This is bantu knots which is a traditional african hairstyle. It was really popular amongst AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN at the time as a low maintenance style for natural hair,” they wrote.
“Of course this cultural appropriator thought it was okay to put in her hair. Ugh.”
Meanwhile, Khloe has sparked concern in recent weeks with her weight loss in her Good American ads and social media photos following her ex Tristan Thompson’s cheating scandal.
Late last month, a TikTok user with the handle “ImLauriee” shared their concern over how quickly Khloe appeared to have lost weight.
“Can we talk about how skinny Khloe Kardashian has gotten?” she said.
“Her legs are so small. Should we be blaming Tristan? I just don’t understand. I’m concerned.”
Other members of her family have found themselves wrapped up in similar controversies.
KARDASHIAN CONTROVERSY
Kim Kardashian caught the ire of fans in March 2020 for wearing her hair in braids at Paris Fashion Week.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum shocked viewers by wearing the tight braids to her now ex-husband Kanye West’s A/W 20/21 PFW show.
Reactions poured in online with a slew of harsh comments.
One person said: “I wish I was as determined to do anything as Kim Kardashian is to appropriate black hairstyles.”
Another added: “Can you please stop appropriating black culture?”
The model wore a similar hairstyle years prior that reignited chatter when the look resurfaced on social media.
A year prior, a TikTok user shared a throwback KUWTK clip of the mom of four enlisting help from Khloe and her sister Kourtney’s children’s father Scott Disick to remove her tight braids.
Scott, 38, happily cut some of them with scissors and compared it to “cutting carpet” before giving up when Kim asked him to unbraid some of the cut ends.
Fans took to the comments to accuse the star of cultural appropriation for wearing the style which is commonly worn in the black community.
One user wrote: “Culture vulture.” while another wrote: “Why is she getting braids? They’re not for her hair.”
Speaking to Bustle at the time, in 2018, Kim said: “I actually didn’t see backlash. I actually did that look because North said she wanted braids and asked if I would do them with her.
“So we braided her hair and then we braided my hair. But I obviously know they’re called Fulani braids and I know the origin of where they came from and I’m totally respectful of that. I’m not tone deaf to where I don’t get it. I do get it.”
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Kim again addressed the repeated backlash over her hairstyles and other blackfishing accusations in December 2021 in an interview with i-D magazine.
“Obviously, I would never do anything to appropriate any culture. But I have in the past got backlash from putting my hair in braids and I understand that,” Kim began, explaining that most of her hairstyles are influenced by her 8-year-old daughter North.
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