Adele Blasted for Cultural Appropriation After Wearing Bantu Knots and Jamaican Flag Bikini
Singer Adele's new Instagram post sparked a new debate on cultural appropriation Sunday night. The [...]
If 2020 couldn't get anymore bizarre, Adele is giving us Bantu knots and cultural appropriation that nobody asked for.
This officially marks all of the top white women in pop as problematic.
Hate to see it. pic.twitter.com/N9CqPqh7GX
— Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) August 30, 2020
The virtual event included pre-taped performances, interviews with mas groups, and online guides for making Caribbean food at home. Performances by soul singer Omar Lye-Fook, Jamaican singer Koffee, and Nigerian afrobeat stars Davido and Tira Savage were streamed online over three days. "In a year when people have been protesting against the treatment of black people I think this is a good way of showing that we have something to contribute, something that is positive," Lye-Fook told The Guardian.
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prevnextI see nothing wrong with this and I'm from the Caribbean #adele pic.twitter.com/Dg2nhptbBM
— Danielle Quashie (@daniellequashee) August 31, 2020
prevnextAs Akala said, they turned a black Caribbean culturally defining celebration into a capitalistic, house music, yuppie going circus #NottingHillCarnival #adele pic.twitter.com/KrplJirj8D
— Nicholas Jackson (@nicholasjackss) September 1, 2020
prevnextIt’s Nottinghill Carnival Weekend.
— Ashley Theophane (@AshleyTheophane) August 31, 2020
Find out about other people’s cultures and celebrations then you’d understand why shes wearing this.
It’s in celebration of Caribbean culture. Sit this one out @jemelehill ✌🏽
prevnextPoppycock! This humbug totally misses the spirit of Notting Hill Carnival and the tradition of “ dress up” or “ masquerade” Adele was born and raised in Tottenham she gets it more than most. Thank you Adele. Forget the Haters. https://t.co/sabpPPRtID
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) August 31, 2020
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White ppl are offended by Adele and "cultural appropriation" but they don't care about the opinions of Jamaicans and Bantu people who don't see cultural appropriation and are not offended.Cancel culture is bullshit. pic.twitter.com/B5diSrjjbw
— - (@roughspoken) August 31, 2020