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The internet is furious over Kendall Jenner posing in an afro for Vogue.
Another day, another Kar-Jenner accused of cultural appropriation.
Vogue tapped Kendall Jenner to be the face of their November issue, which is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund. And let’s just say one look at the photos from the shoot, and you’ll see why Kendall is once again coming under fire from the internet.
Two of the photos from the series were posted to Vogue’s Instagram account, and they show Kendall’s hair styled in an afro, as well as painted-on freckles. Outraged fans immediately took to the comments section to call out the look as cultural appropriation.
One person shared QUOTE, “Why did you use a white celebrity for this shoot instead of a person of color who rocks this hair naturally?”
Another wrote QUOTE, “Now that Black Women are getting praised for their natural locks and seen a beautiful, white women are trying to high-jack as usual.”
One user explained why the style was problematic, sharing QUOTE “African Americans were forced to straighten their f$$ing hair in America in order to get jobs…If you wore your hair natural it had to be cut short. Hell, the military only allowed dreads two years ago. So GTFOH with ‘Blacks straighten their hair’. If we weren’t forced to, I can only hope we wouldn’t! It’s appropriation! Period!”
Of course, there were also a number of fans who defended the look, as one person wrote QUOTE, “I’m black and think the outrage is ridiculous. That is not an Afro. It a curly hairstyle which we would see on a lot more white women if everyone was so obsessed with these bone straight styles. And yes black women were pressured to straighten their hair in the past but you should be strong and not follow what the herd is doing. Don’t blame someone else for your choices.” Another argued QUOTE, “I don’t find it offensive. She has freckles in real life, that hair style everyone wore in the 70’s and she’s not a Kardashian. She has had a successful modeling career for years.”
One fan summed up the argument against Kendall wearing an afro, explaining QUOTE, “The discussion is more about the double standard that there is towards Afro hair and black culture. There are negative connotations surrounding actual black people who have this hair (or other things that are a part of black culture) however, conveniently when a white person does it it is suddenly ‘fashionable’ or en vogue. The thing about straight hair or blonde hair is that it’s already part of the western beauty standards ideal, so there’s no double standard.”
After all the backlash, Vogue released the following statement: “The image is meant to be an update of the romantic Edwardian/Gibson Girl hair which suits the period feel of the Brock Collection, and also the big hair of the 60s and the early 70s, that puffed-out, teased-out look of those eras. We apologize if it came across differently than intended, and did not mean to offend anyone by it.”
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