But the issue goes beyond Jenner strolling in a sexy outfit.
Writer Danielle Young perhaps better summarized the frustration some Black women felt seeing Jenner, a White woman, in a video that seems to celebrate Black women owning their sexuality.
Young tweeted a clip of singer Normani fiercely dancing in the “WAP” video, writing “Normani did ALL this and Kylie walked down the hall and opened a door.”
“If that’s not a perfect visual indication of Black women having to do the most and white women do the bare minimum to get somewhere, I don’t know what is,” Young tweeted.
“Why did I put Kylie on my music video? She treated my sister and daughter so lovely at her kid bday party,” Cardi B tweeted, adding that her husband, rapper Offset, is close with rapper Travis Scott, the father of Jenner’s daughter, Stormi.
CNN has reached out to reps for Jenner, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion for additional comment.
There has been long-simmering anger among some African Americans who have complained that women in the Kardashian/Jenner family have often appropriated Black culture to benefit their various brands.
Darkening one’s skin for fashion purposes or social media has come to be known as “blackfishing,” a play on “catfishing” in which a person pretends to be someone they are not.
In 2014, Kylie Jenner posted a photo on Instagram of entrepreneur and woman of color Heather Sanders wearing blue hair.
In 2016, Khloe Kardashian was criticized for sporting “bantu knots,” another Afro-centric hairstyle, and suddenly videos and articles were popping up as if she had invented the look.
Kohn noted that Kardashian took a swipe at her haters for saying she doesn’t posses any talent.
“But I think Kardashian does have a talent — exploiting the fetishization of women of color to line her own pocket,” Kohn wrote. “She’s like a buck-naked Trojan horse for a devious message: that the rest of us shouldn’t get our panties in a bunch about sexism and racism because, hey, Kim Kardashian is laughing about it. All the way to the bank.”
Kardashian West has since evolved and in May spoke out about White privilege and in support of Black Lives Matter.
That hasn’t stopped the anger geared towards her and her family from some in the Black community.
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