Adele generated controversy after posting an Instagram with Bantu ties, an African hairstyle.
Pictured, the 32-year-old singer wears the hairstyle while wearing a Jamaican-flagged bikini, giant gold jewellery, yellow feathers and black and white leggings.
“Blessed be the Carnival of Notting Hill, my beloved London,” the image subtitled, referring to the carnival that takes place at the time as a way of celebrating Caribbean culture and cultural diversity.
The message attracted a lot of attention and got more than four million likes. Diversity of reactions from celebrity to accusations of cultural appropriation.
Some of her star supporters come with actress Lisa Rinna, who wrote, “You just broke this Internet, Henny.”
Model Naomi Campbell shared Jamaican hearts and flags: “♥ ️?? ♥ ️??”
Chelsea Handler wrote: “Oh, yes, honey!”
Zoe Saldana wrote: “You look at the guurrrl house”
Tessa Thompson shared a chimney emoji.
Others, however, tell him that “someone like you” doesn’t wear the hairstyle.
Drag queen The Vixen tweeted: “Twice this weekend I’ve noticed other people flip backwards to protect white women at Bantu Knots. If you spent the whole summer posting #blacklivesmatter and you don’t see the challenge here, you’re a liar all the time. . “
The user @sadhanamoodley wrote: “Seriously AdeleArray … You know better.”
And while some applauded Adele in the commentary segment for her cultural appreciation: “People don’t know what cultural appropriation is, they’re glare celebrating a Caribbean festival, in a proper outfit for this festival. It doesn’t wear bantu knots and feathers to move to the beach because it’s fashionable,” the user wrote @kyrstldp.
Others explained why they think it’s a cultural appropriation.
“I think the challenge is not whether Adele really has an APPROPRIATE culture. More people should have a fundamental hairstyle that they wouldn’t get the same reaction in a black woman,” explained the user @yahaelco. “Why is a white woman able to get away with a hairstyle and deserves to have a ‘rest’? She herself should pass and enjoy the culture and can still be taken seriously while a black woman is not and has been told years to settle for the Western passod it seems that the rules of being considered equivalent and even after having complied are even less treated, I can see the frustration.”
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