Adele - a white woman - in bantu knots has Twitter in a tizzy. Some users are up an arms because they feel she’s appropriating black/African culture, while others see Adele’s bantu knotted hair as showing cultural appreciation. Which is it? Decide for yourself inside….
Hair!
Cultural appropriation and stealing from Black culture isn't anything new, but when it’s one of your faves possibly appropriating culture, does your opinion change?
British singer Adele is a huge Beyoncé fan. So, one couldn’t help but think Queen Bey’s Black Is King may have inspired the singer’s new hairstyle: Bantu knots.
The Grammy award winning singer has come under fire for a picture she shared of herself on Instagram wearing Bantu knots and a Jamaican flag bikini top to celebrate Notting Hill Carnival, the second largest carnival in the world which usually takes place in West London.
"Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London," Adele wrote in the caption of the picture. The event was set to go down yesterday and today, but it had to switch entirely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Not long after she put up her pic to celebrate Afro-Caribbean cultures, Twitter users started coming at her neck for cultural appropriation. Peep a few tweets below:
No one.
Absolutely not a fucking soul.
Nary a person.
Adele: pic.twitter.com/Lj0ZflRjyd
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) August 30, 2020
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
Twice this weekend I have seen people do backflips to defend white women in Bantu Knots. If you spent the whole summer posting #blacklivesmatter and don’t see the problem here, you were lying the whole time.
— The Vixen (@TheVixensworld) August 31, 2020
certain "Black hairstyles" are PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES, not a trend/aesthetic to make you look more ethnic. what the hell are you tryna protect karen? pic.twitter.com/9SkIJpyQkG
— SCOTTIE (@eyeofscottie) August 30, 2020
Bantu knots. On her white scalp. pic.twitter.com/ubosdswjfN
— (@blekdiamonds) August 30, 2020
While some folks have been dragging her for wearing Bantu knots, others feel like Adele is simply showing appreciation, especially since she was raised around black culture:
Poppycock! 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
When non Jamaicans are mad at things Jamaicans ain't mad about
— Wesley Massumbukolt (@wes92i) August 31, 2020
Jamaicans is trending because SJWs are accusing Adele of cultural appropriation for wearing a Jamaican flag and Bantu knots.
We are the most unbothered people on the planet who have nothing but appreciation for everyone appreciating our culture.
Ya'll are miserable and ignorant pic.twitter.com/AL4lATICDh
— Keiko (@GolferGirl305) August 31, 2020
Honestly this is exhausting, I'm a South African from the Zulu Bantu tribe specifically and i didn't take offence to Adele wearing Bantu Knots , it's not cultural appropriation and i doubt there was any malice intended by doing bantu knots
— @Jola (@Jola55124499) August 31, 2020
Supermodel Naomi Campbell - whose mother is from Jamaica - and actress Zoe Saldana didn't see a problem with it. They showed her love in her comments:
The runway slayer posted the Jamaican flag and red heart emojis. Meanwhile, Zoe wrote, "You look right at home guurrrl."
Former "X Factor" star Alexandra Burke came to the singer's defense on DJ's Carnival tribute show on BBC Radio 1Xtra this morning.
"I see the pic. She looks hot. She's obviously been working on her body, that for me is a big deal. She’s looking good," she said. "As a Jamaican girl myself, my girl has grown up in black culture. People forget she’s from Tottenham. She probably eats jerk chicken all the time like all of us."
Some would argue with public figures like the Kardashians - who constantly steal from black culture and passes it off as theirs or like it's new - cultural appropriation of African hairstyles by non-black people has become somewhat normalized in society. Does Adele get a pass because she's Adele and we know she was likely coming from a place of admiration, or do you feel a way about her rocking Bantu knots? Sound off in the comments!
Photo: Adele's IG
source: theybf
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