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<p>This weekend the MTV Movie &amp; TV Awards were filmed, and Kim Kardashian got herself into some proverbial hot water by choosing to wear her long hair in tiny braids.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/65oKI1xNe2">pic.twitter.com/65oKI1xNe2</a></p>&mdash; Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) <a href="https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1008201615365398528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>After Kardashian tweeted a video showing off her hair, she received accusations of cultural appropriation from some people on Twitter.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Isn&#39;t this cultural appropriation?</p>&mdash; akshita/ DALIT LIVES MATTER (@mytearsricochxt) <a href="https://twitter.com/mytearsricochxt/status/1008204611923120128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">reeeeeeeeeeee cultural appropriation reeeeeeeeeeee</p>&mdash; PM food PLUG (@k0rnsyrup) <a href="https://twitter.com/k0rnsyrup/status/1008202409552867328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/callme_kenzee/status/1008456750394159105</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">it’s not cute to appropriate my culture. your privilege is really showing</p>&mdash; daijha🌔 (@deactivate__me) <a href="https://twitter.com/deactivate__me/status/1008349052059217920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>But not everyone agreed.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Idc about a thread honestly. Let the woman wear what she wants. End of story. It&#39;s a hair style. Let&#39;s focus more on black on black crime in our neighborhoods</p>&mdash; Jason 🦃 (@Jason__Lore) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jason__Lore/status/1008564663729180672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/JustinB83087170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JustinB83087170</a> Looking cool and smooth gurl aight do your thang aight love the braids aight</p>&mdash; Justin Butler (@JustinB83087170) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinB83087170/status/1008208101143711745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Iconic diva</p>&mdash; gvlmprt (@Giulia14592186) <a href="https://twitter.com/Giulia14592186/status/1008256565281984512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/sunshine0777/status/1008272417138073600</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lmao... Yeah.. Ummm.. Okay.... Don&#39;t be mad because Kim slays everything she does!</p>&mdash; Danielle Wahl (@DaniellexStone) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaniellexStone/status/1008382134917230595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>This isn&#39;t the first time Kardashian&#39;s been called out for appropriation after wearing braids.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">listen kim i love you and all, but black twitter showed you to lesson last time baby <a href="https://t.co/utawXm4M1i">pic.twitter.com/utawXm4M1i</a></p>&mdash; streams positions ♋️ (@christiannreid) <a href="https://twitter.com/christiannreid/status/1008206476123439104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>She wore them <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/kim-kardashian-cornrows-cultural-appropriation/" target="_blank">back in January</a>, and received pretty much the same criticism then.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BehHUATBWf_/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13" style=" background:#FFF; 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overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bombbellas/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> B O M B B E L L A S</a> (@bombbellas) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2018-01-29T02:57:39+00:00">Jan 28, 2018 at 6:57pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Added to the criticism this time around was the notion that Kardashian was trying to steal focus from Beyonc&eacute; and Jay Z, who just put out a surprise album, <em>Everything is Love</em>.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/james_ricc/status/1008203834802475009</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Oresireh/status/1008447713279651840</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Go stream <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EVERTHINGISLOVE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EVERTHINGISLOVE</a> on TIDAL <a href="https://t.co/e3jO7Bw8q8">pic.twitter.com/e3jO7Bw8q8</a></p>&mdash; Pharm. Starboy (@FierceJersey) <a href="https://twitter.com/FierceJersey/status/1008203654455848960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nice try but um 😐... <a href="https://twitter.com/Beyonce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Beyonce</a> put out and LP a few hours ago. Did you hear it? Here’s a REALLY good song choice <a href="https://t.co/V9sSEWa6Fy">pic.twitter.com/V9sSEWa6Fy</a></p>&mdash; sincerelyurzFoxx (@justrollinalong) <a href="https://twitter.com/justrollinalong/status/1008207741264023553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">beyoncé released an album, sit down <a href="https://t.co/8ML17ZcGQi">pic.twitter.com/8ML17ZcGQi</a></p>&mdash; goth angel $inner (@caaat___) <a href="https://twitter.com/caaat___/status/1008206352987156481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Somebody had to say it lmao she wanna interrupt Hov and Bey that’s all but she could never</p>&mdash; Big Country. (@toyaxtrill) <a href="https://twitter.com/toyaxtrill/status/1008208434993483777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>So is Kim&#39;s hair an example of cultural appropriation or not? What do you think?</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Giphy" height="280" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-AxK129.gif" width="500" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Kim Kardashian is in hot water for her hairstyle again. Kim, please google 'cultural appropriation.'

Jessie Dean Altman

This weekend the MTV Movie &amp; TV Awards were filmed, and Kim Kardashian got herself into some proverbial hot water by choosing to wear her long hair in tiny braids.pic.twitter.com/65oKI1xNe2&mdash; Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) June 17, 2018 After Kardashian tweeted a video showing off her hair, she received accusations of cultural appropriation from some people on Twitter.Isn&#39;t this cultural appropriation?&mdash; akshita/ DALIT LIVES MATTER (@mytearsricochxt) June 17, 2018 reeeeeeeeeeee cultural appropriation reeeeeeeeeeee&mdash; PM food PLUG (@k0rnsyrup) June 17, 2018 https://twitter.com/callme_kenzee/status/1008456750394159105it’s not cute to appropriate my culture. your privilege is really showing&mdash; daijha🌔 (@deactivate__me) June 17, 2018 But not everyone agreed.Idc about a thread honestly. Let the woman wear what she wants. End of story. It&#39;s a hair style. Let&#39;s focus more on black on black crime in our neighborhoods&mdash; Jason 🦃 (@Jason__Lore) June 18, 2018 @JustinB83087170 Looking cool and smooth gurl aight do your thang aight love the braids aight&mdash; Justin Butler (@JustinB83087170) June 17, 2018 Iconic diva&mdash; gvlmprt (@Giulia14592186) June 17, 2018 https://twitter.com/sunshine0777/status/1008272417138073600Lmao... Yeah.. Ummm.. Okay.... Don&#39;t be mad because Kim slays everything she does!&mdash; Danielle Wahl (@DaniellexStone) June 17, 2018 This isn&#39;t the first time Kardashian&#39;s been called out for appropriation after wearing braids.listen kim i love you and all, but black twitter showed you to lesson last time baby pic.twitter.com/utawXm4M1i&mdash; streams positions ♋️ (@christiannreid) June 17, 2018 She wore them back in January, and received pretty much the same criticism then.         View this post on Instagram           Braids #kimkardashian A post shared by  B O M B B E L L A S (@bombbellas) on Jan 28, 2018 at 6:57pm PSTAdded to the criticism this time around was the notion that Kardashian was trying to steal focus from Beyonc&eacute; and Jay Z, who just put out a surprise album, Everything is Love.https://twitter.com/james_ricc/status/1008203834802475009https://twitter.com/Oresireh/status/1008447713279651840Go stream #EVERTHINGISLOVE on TIDAL pic.twitter.com/e3jO7Bw8q8&mdash; Pharm. Starboy (@FierceJersey) June 17, 2018 Nice try but um 😐... @Beyonce put out and LP a few hours ago. Did you hear it? Here’s a REALLY good song choice pic.twitter.com/V9sSEWa6Fy&mdash; sincerelyurzFoxx (@justrollinalong) June 17, 2018 beyoncé released an album, sit down pic.twitter.com/8ML17ZcGQi&mdash; goth angel $inner (@caaat___) June 17, 2018 Somebody had to say it lmao she wanna interrupt Hov and Bey that’s all but she could never&mdash; Big Country. (@toyaxtrill) June 17, 2018 So is Kim&#39;s hair an example of cultural appropriation or not? What do you think?  Giphy

This weekend the MTV Movie &amp; TV Awards were filmed, and Kim Kardashian got herself into some proverbial hot water by choosing to wear her long hair in tiny braids.    After Kardashian tweeted a video showing off her hair, she received...