Kendall Jenner in Hot Water Over Social Media Post

Kendall Jenner already faced a major controversy this year over her widely panned Pepsi ad, and it […]

August 31, 2017, 3:38pm

Kendall Jenner already faced a major controversy this year over her widely panned Pepsi ad, and it looks like the model has unwittingly waded into another with one of her recent tweets.

sister power…girl power 👊🏽 pic.twitter.com/QzIziXVV0A
— Kendall (@KendallJenner) August 16, 2017

The 21-year-old shared a tweet featuring the recent The Hollywood Reporter cover featuring Jenner, her mom, Kris Jenner and siblings Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian West, Khloe Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian. “Sister power…girl power,” Kendall tweeted, along with a fist emoji.

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The emoji she chose was a tan one, the third in the row of five color options given to users. It was this choice that enraged some Twitter users, who criticized her for choosing a tan emoji when Kendall herself is Caucasian.

Me looking at the color of that emoji pic.twitter.com/M6DiOlykru
— Alexis 🌍🔬 (@TrackCityChick) August 18, 2017

girl WHERE TF THAT BROWN FIST COME FROM ? u pale as ever
— TEF LONDON (@YvesSaintLondon) August 20, 2017

😭 oh nah, why Kendall put her emoji as a darker skin tone?
— Cersei (@CrazyClarine) August 20, 2017

While many shared their distaste for the model’s choice, others noted the Internet’s propensity for creating major drama out of the smallest issues.

People are ACTUALLY mad about the COLOUR of the emoji Kendall Jenner used. Surely there’s more important things to be angry about? 🤦🏼‍♀️
— jazz (@jazz_matchett) August 20, 2017

People are mad bc Kendall Jenner used a specific colored fist emoji………….. I can’t with the internet today. ✌️
— Sarah Jemiola (@sjemiola) August 20, 2017

Photo Credit: Instagram / @kendalljenner