Teh One Who Knocks
11-01-2016, 11:59 AM
by Dana Eisenberg - Mediaite
It seems like it should be easy to not offend people with a Halloween costume. Apparently, not so. Khloé Kardashian is taking heat and being accused of cultural appropriation for some photos she posted to her social media accounts this Halloween.
First, she photoshopped fashion week looks from this Spring onto herself. Included in the post on her app is this photo of colorful dreadlocks from the Marc Jacobs fashion show, which were worn by her sister Kendall Jenner.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See me try the hottest beauty looks from the Spring runway shows 😂 <a href="https://t.co/TaaKzm1lRN">https://t.co/TaaKzm1lRN</a></p>— Khloé (@khloekardashian) <a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian/status/793106762563985408">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Of the look, she wrote “I absolutely despise this on me! I think dreads are really cool but the rainbow combined with the dreads is just too much on me.”
Twitter users were angry:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> stop appropriating black culture.</p>— ㅤ (@awftlj) <a href="https://twitter.com/awftlj/status/793107516372553728">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/bobxvance">@bobxvance</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> Looks like a mop head.</p>— Nadine Harris (@NadineHarris12) <a href="https://twitter.com/NadineHarris12/status/793116382154162176">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/khloe">@khloe</a> <a href="https://t.co/sPwOjY7C07">pic.twitter.com/sPwOjY7C07</a></p>— kmoney (@richonneee) <a href="https://twitter.com/richonneee/status/793107383832707077">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Kardashian also posted a photo to her Instagram and Twitter accounts from a Halloween party where a friend of hers was dressed in a “Sheik” costume.
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Though Kardashian wasn’t the one in the outfit, Twitter users called her out anyway.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> Don't understand why someone feels the need to be another race for Halloween. Gross.</p>— ㅤ (@awftlj) <a href="https://twitter.com/awftlj/status/793098131730685952">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> i love you khloe, but I didn't know my religious/cultural clothing was a costume now! That's @ your friend 😐</p>— adam? (@oldwaysadam) <a href="https://twitter.com/oldwaysadam/status/793098016827674624">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> to your friend on the left, please let him know that what he is doing is cultural appropriation and its extremely offensive</p>— noor toeama (@noortoeama) <a href="https://twitter.com/noortoeama/status/793097579861016576">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Kardashian has a history of offending people by posting photos with someone wearing the Sheik costume. In 2014, she came under fire when she posted a photo of Scott Disick in the costume next to her in a cat costume with the caption “Sheik pussy.”
It seems like it should be easy to not offend people with a Halloween costume. Apparently, not so. Khloé Kardashian is taking heat and being accused of cultural appropriation for some photos she posted to her social media accounts this Halloween.
First, she photoshopped fashion week looks from this Spring onto herself. Included in the post on her app is this photo of colorful dreadlocks from the Marc Jacobs fashion show, which were worn by her sister Kendall Jenner.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See me try the hottest beauty looks from the Spring runway shows 😂 <a href="https://t.co/TaaKzm1lRN">https://t.co/TaaKzm1lRN</a></p>— Khloé (@khloekardashian) <a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian/status/793106762563985408">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Of the look, she wrote “I absolutely despise this on me! I think dreads are really cool but the rainbow combined with the dreads is just too much on me.”
Twitter users were angry:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> stop appropriating black culture.</p>— ㅤ (@awftlj) <a href="https://twitter.com/awftlj/status/793107516372553728">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/bobxvance">@bobxvance</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> Looks like a mop head.</p>— Nadine Harris (@NadineHarris12) <a href="https://twitter.com/NadineHarris12/status/793116382154162176">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/khloe">@khloe</a> <a href="https://t.co/sPwOjY7C07">pic.twitter.com/sPwOjY7C07</a></p>— kmoney (@richonneee) <a href="https://twitter.com/richonneee/status/793107383832707077">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Kardashian also posted a photo to her Instagram and Twitter accounts from a Halloween party where a friend of hers was dressed in a “Sheik” costume.
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Though Kardashian wasn’t the one in the outfit, Twitter users called her out anyway.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> Don't understand why someone feels the need to be another race for Halloween. Gross.</p>— ㅤ (@awftlj) <a href="https://twitter.com/awftlj/status/793098131730685952">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> i love you khloe, but I didn't know my religious/cultural clothing was a costume now! That's @ your friend 😐</p>— adam? (@oldwaysadam) <a href="https://twitter.com/oldwaysadam/status/793098016827674624">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian">@khloekardashian</a> to your friend on the left, please let him know that what he is doing is cultural appropriation and its extremely offensive</p>— noor toeama (@noortoeama) <a href="https://twitter.com/noortoeama/status/793097579861016576">October 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Kardashian has a history of offending people by posting photos with someone wearing the Sheik costume. In 2014, she came under fire when she posted a photo of Scott Disick in the costume next to her in a cat costume with the caption “Sheik pussy.”