Kim Kardashian latest social media post gets called out for cultural appropriation by South Asians
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Kardashian recently posted a photo dressed in a crop top and skirt. To accessorize, she wore gold bangles and a maang tika, a traditional hair accessory commonly worn by women in India and Pakistan.
Kim Kardashian has done it again. The reality tv star has found herself embroiled in yet another controversy- this time the South Asian is calling her out for cultural appropriation.
Kardashian recently posted a photo dressed in a crop top and skirt. To accessorize, she wore gold bangles and a maang tika, a traditional hair accessory commonly worn by women in India and Pakistan.
Several accused her of using tradition as a prop. "As being someone who comes from a South Asian background seeing Kim Kardashian wearing a TIKKA pisses me off. My culture isn’t your “aesthetic” or “style” so please show some respect and not use it for you to model in. Cultural appropriation is not okay," wrote a user.
As being someone who comes from a South Asian background seeing Kim Kardashian wearing a TIKKA pisses me off.
— Aisha❣️ (@RapidRashford10) April 23, 2020
My culture isn’t your “aesthetic” or “style” so please show some respect and not use it for you to model in.
Cultural appropriation is not okay. pic.twitter.com/1ZFPB2ihiE
I cannot with yall our culture is NOT A DAMN AESTHETIC
— Z💫⁷ | IA - Ramadaan Mubarak 🕋🌙 (@fairyhopemin) April 23, 2020
Culture vulture appropriating everything she sees, how very cute of you 😍
— 𝕃𝕀⁷ -- 𝙵𝙾𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚆 𝙻𝙸𝙼𝙸𝚃 🍒 (@ot7sIut) April 23, 2020
YOU ARE DISRESPECTING DESI CULTURE
— divya and 100 others (@icedbobateaa) April 23, 2020
There were others who felt that it was not in bad taste and instead she may have used it as a compliment to desi culture.
What's the big deal 😂 , Is she offending anyone? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Outrage culture at its finest
— • (@ScottMcSauceX) April 23, 2020
now that you've stolen from south asian culture to fit your aesthetics, why don't you donate to these countries if you appreciate their culture so much, Kim? 💖💖💖
— v / nsfr (@sourpinkcandy) April 23, 2020
This isn't the first time that Kardashian has been accused of cultural appropriation. In 2019, she was trolled for wearing a maang tika to a church service. Then when she had launched her shapewear line and named it 'Kimono', Japenese women had criticised her claiming that a traditional Kimono is not an innerwear.
Kim had to eventually change the name of the line to SKIMS Solutionwear.