- Adele posted a pic of herself on Instagram wearing Bantu knots and a Jamaican-flag-print bikini top.
- The picture quickly went viral after people online called her out for cultural appropriation.
116.1k Followers, 55 Following, 1,765 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Adele (@officialadelefanpage). Adele posted a pic of herself on Instagram wearing Bantu knots and a Jamaican-flag-print bikini top. The picture quickly went viral after people online called her out for cultural appropriation.
Update: September 2, 2020
Two things have happened in the days since Adele caused controversy by posting a pic of herself wearing Bantu knots: (1) She “appeared to laugh off the attention,” and (2) Tom Hanks’ son Chet has taken it upon himself to shoot his shot right now.
NBC News reports that Adele hopped into the Instagram comments of another musical artist and “appeared to laugh off the attention” from her original post, writing, “Wah Gwaan! Yow gyal, yuh look good enuh.”
Meanwhile, Chet Hanks (aka the rapper son of Tom Hanks) posted a video hitting on Adele with a fake Jamaican Patois accent, so do with this what you will:
A post shared by 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦 (@chethanx) on Aug 31, 2020 at 7:35pm PDT
Original story: August 30, 2020
IDK if you’ve noticed, but your fave Grammy-winning songstress—the one and only Adele, of course—has been changing up her look as of late! For her 32nd birthday, Adele hopped online in a super-cute LBD to thank her fans for the well wishes. Then there was that other time she wore a bodysuit and twinned with Beyoncé while obsessively watching Black Is King. Now, our homegirl Adele is wearing even less and going out more, resulting in her most recent look…which some people are dragging her for.
On Instagram, Adele posted a picture of herself previously celebrating Notting Hill’s Carnival festival, an event led by British West Indians in Kensington, London, every August to highlight Caribbean and Black diasporic cultures. To show her support of the culture, Adele stepped out in a Jamaican-flag-print bikini top paired with hoop earrings and Bantu knots in her hair. She wrote, “Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London.”
A post shared by Adele (@adele) on Aug 30, 2020 at 3:17pm PDT
Although Adele seemingly posted the picture with intentions of celebrating West Indian culture, people could not get past her Bantu knots, a hairstyle typically worn by Black women trying to protect their strands from excessive damage. Shortly after posting the pic, Adele got both meme’d and dragged for cultural appropriation.
adele said: pic.twitter.com/TKRfsCALAH
— c (@chuuzus) August 30, 2020Stunning cultural appropriation.
— Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) August 30, 2020Love Adele but cultural appropriation doesn’t sit right for me. She’s beautiful wbk pic.twitter.com/N2OZdeFqiK
— Harold sweetener | BLM (@cloudbyarii) August 30, 2020If 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.
Adele Twitter Jamaica
Hate to see it. pic.twitter.com/N9CqPqh7GX
— Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) August 30, 2020Adele dropped that weight and said it’s time for her cultural appropriation era.
— Johnny Boy 🧚🏾♂️✨ (@JohnTheeFame) August 30, 2020Adele is getting smashed on Insta for “cultural appropriation” after posting this pic an hour ago.
Apparently, they now own hairstyles.
These people are crazy. The poor woman just wanted to show off her epic weight loss.
Don’t delete or apologise.
We need you to be brave. pic.twitter.com/b1iKDFlL6M
— Avi Yemini 🇦🇺🇮🇱 (@OzraeliAvi) August 30, 2020Adele’s hair after taking out the Bantu knots pic.twitter.com/gmNn2tdJmq
— deka 🧞♀️ (@dekaliketen) August 30, 2020Adele and her distant cousins. pic.twitter.com/hd0FlrtDqi
— Wanna (@WannasWorld) August 30, 2020adele’s hairstylist waiting to go home pic.twitter.com/qK7AkP2CnE
— giabuchi lastrassi (@jaboukie) August 30, 2020Adele in the divorce proceedings: pic.twitter.com/rk564IeT6x
— Wanna (@WannasWorld) August 30, 2020Although some people online are requesting that Adele explain her actions, it’s unclear if she’ll address any of the drama, as she isn’t very active on social media. TBD! 😬
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We knew Adele was on a weight loss journey, but no one was expecting this. The British singer posted a photo of her latest look on Instagram, and it has Twitter reacting.
A much thinner Adele posted a photo of herself in tight leggings, a Jamaican flag-themed swim top and Bantu knots for her hairstyle. Holy cultural appropriation, bruv!
Actually, Adele stays repping her beloved London which is thick with Caribbean influence, so we won’t go as far as calling her a colonizer. Twitter on the other hand has been steaming with all types of hot takes since the pic hit the Internets. But don’t bank on the belove singer getting canceled.
“Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London,” the “Hello” singer wrote on Sunday evening (Aug. 30) bigging up the annual (but reportedly canceled) street festival.
If you looked fast enough, you might have thought it was Katy Perry. Peep some of the more poignant reactions below.
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