*Amandla Stenberg is not shy when it comes to vocalizing the unfortunate reality of the appropriation of Black culture, and now she’s serving tea and a side-eye to Kylie Jenner as a reminder that no one is immune to being schooled by the “Hunger Games” actress.
On Saturday, Jenner posted a picture to Instagram that showed the reality star in a crop top with her hair braided in cornrows. The caption read, “I woke up like diss.”
16-year-old Stenberg called out Jenner by leaving a comment below the picture that blasted her for adopting ‘Black style’ to her benefit.
“When u appropriate black features and culture but fail to use ur position of power to help black Americans by directing attention towards ur wigs instead of police brutality or racism #whitegirlsdoitbetter,” Stenberg wrote.
Jenner, who has been busy promoting her wig line, brushed off Stenberg’s criticism by responding with “Mad if I don’t. Mad if I do. Go hang w Jaden or something,” referring to Jaden Smith, who was Stenberg’s prom date this year.
Earlier this year Jenner was accused of appropriating blackness when she posted a photo on Instagram that showed her posing with much darker skin than usual, along with a caption that read, “What I wish I looked like all the time.”
Amid backlash and accusations of donning blackface, Jenner promptly deleted the photo, only to upload another one from the same photo shoot soon after with the caption: “This is a black light and neon lights people lets all calm down.”
Back in April, Stenberg posted a video reminding us about the irresponsible White celebrities who profit from cultural appropriation but fail to speak up against injustice toward Blacks.
“Appropriation occurs when a style leads to racist generalizations or stereotypes where it originated but is deemed as high-fashion, cool or funny when the privileged take it for themselves,” she said in a video entitled “Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows.”
She ended the video asking viewers to wonder: “What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we love black culture?”
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