Current Events > Kendall Jenner accused of cultural appropriation over improper emoji use.

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Kendall Jenner sparked some controversy on Twitter for her use of an emoji.

The 21-year-old supermodel took to Twitter to celebrate the cover of The Hollywood Reporter, which features her, her sister Kylie Jenner, her mother Kris Jenner and her half-sisters Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, the Daily Mail reported. The cover celebrated 10 years of the hit reality television show "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" on E!

"Sister power...girl power," Kendall tweeted, adding a tanned fist bump emoji. The choice of emoji had some Twitter users accusing the model of once again attempting to appropriate black culture.

Many fans defended Kendall and the Kardashians. "Her sisters are Armenian... she has a right to use that emoji just as we all do," wrote one Twitter user. "The tone she used it literally called medium... not black!"

"Can everyone like calm down with the hand thing it is an emoji so what if it is a different colour like who cares," wrote another. "Legit cannot believe the comments on this people are so stupid and ridiculous legit shut up what has she ever done to you," added another user.

Kendall did not respond to the accusations. In the magazine interview, Kim revealed that it isn't unlike Kendall to keep her emotions private. She spoke about how the widespread criticism over her controversial Pepsi commercial affected her half-sister behind the scenes.

"We're not perfect, but you see these things in the media, like Kendall and her Pepsi ad, where I see her at home crying," Kim told the magazine. "But in the media she looks another way because she's not addressing it."

"I'm the most private one. If there's a moment I don't want anyone to hear, I talk to myself or talk to someone in another room," Kendall added.

Kim revealed that she tried encouraging Kendall to speak out after the backlash, or to at least allow E! to use emotional scenes on the show.

"I'm just like, 'This is wrong. You need to speak up.' She [Kendall] was like, 'I don't ever want to show that footage of me crying,'" Kim explained. "She was trying to not make excuses or be dramatic, but that was what she was going through at the time."

"There are moments when it's hard to leave something in because it's vulnerable and it exposes us to a deeper level of emotion, and sometimes that's hard to share," Kris added.

The Pepsi ad was pulled within 24 hours of its premiere in April after facing severe scrutiny for trivializing Black Lives Matter demonstrations.


Full Article: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/social/kendall-jenner-accused-cultural-appropriation

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Liberals seem to be sleeplessly angry at this woman.
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Who

The Kardashian Decade

time to leave this planet
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gafemaqs posted...

Who

Kendall Jenner
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Who?
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The only proper use of time travel is to ensure the Kardashians never became famous.
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I'd put my life savings on it that 99% of liberals do not give one fuck about Kendell Jenner's emoji use
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Liberals seem to be sleeplessly angry at this woman.

everyone seems to be angry at her for no reason. "omg the kardashians! they are famous! i must not live on this planet anymore!"....shut up...just stop paying them attention if you don't like them. I do that and the only time i hear about them is mostly when someone on CE is crying about them.

jfc
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TheVipaGTS posted...

the only time i hear about them is mostly when someone on CE

It must be nice living in a hole in the ground with internet that only connects to CE
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DreadedWave posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

the only time i hear about them is mostly when someone on CE

It must be nice living in a hole in the ground with internet that only connects to CE

..i don't. sure i hear about the Kardashians here and there but you act like they control the world and you can't go outside without hearing about them...Probably because you have an irrational hatred for them and let any mention of them upset you way more than it should...I'll see mentions on Facebook or whatever, overhear coworkers or friends talk about something they did here and there...its not a big deal lol...

The people who get upset about this are generally low-functioning fringe liberals with no real power in the world. This brand of stupidity is no different from Flat Earthers or Scientologists, it just shows up in a different context that is a bigger hot button than most (I.E. Social norms and standards, which are always an extremely visible topic).
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TheVipaGTS posted...

DreadedWave posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

the only time i hear about them is mostly when someone on CE

It must be nice living in a hole in the ground with internet that only connects to CE

..i don't. sure i hear about the Kardashians here and there but you act like they control the world and you can't go outside without hearing about them...Probably because you have an irrational hatred for them and let any mention of them upset you way more than it should...I'll see mentions on Facebook or whatever, overhear coworkers or friends talk about something they did here and there...its not a big deal lol...

Yeah, if you don't watch trashy TV news and stay away from trashy websites and people, it is extremely easy to not hear about the Kardashians.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

DreadedWave posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

the only time i hear about them is mostly when someone on CE

It must be nice living in a hole in the ground with internet that only connects to CE

..i don't. sure i hear about the Kardashians here and there but you act like they control the world and you can't go outside without hearing about them...Probably because you have an irrational hatred for them and let any mention of them upset you way more than it should...I'll see mentions on Facebook or whatever, overhear coworkers or friends talk about something they did here and there...its not a big deal lol...

The Kardashians like them or not are a big deal and popular. People talk about them all the time.

Pretending no one cares about them either makes you a liar or a social outcast.

Getting really angry on the internet makes the latter the most likely.
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I'm not pretending no one cares about them. I'm saying getting so upset about them is foolish.

The right is always outraged about the Kardashians.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

DreadedWave posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

the only time i hear about them is mostly when someone on CE

It must be nice living in a hole in the ground with internet that only connects to CE

..i don't. sure i hear about the Kardashians here and there but you act like they control the world and you can't go outside without hearing about them...Probably because you have an irrational hatred for them and let any mention of them upset you way more than it should...I'll see mentions on Facebook or whatever, overhear coworkers or friends talk about something they did here and there...its not a big deal lol...

The Kardashians like them or not are a big deal and popular. People talk about them all the time.

Pretending no one cares about them either makes you a liar or a social outcast.

Getting really angry on the internet makes the latter the most likely.

Lol what the fuck are you talking about? It's like you didn't read his post at all.
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surely this topic is ban worthy
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UnfairRepresent posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

DreadedWave posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

the only time i hear about them is mostly when someone on CE

It must be nice living in a hole in the ground with internet that only connects to CE

..i don't. sure i hear about the Kardashians here and there but you act like they control the world and you can't go outside without hearing about them...Probably because you have an irrational hatred for them and let any mention of them upset you way more than it should...I'll see mentions on Facebook or whatever, overhear coworkers or friends talk about something they did here and there...its not a big deal lol...

The Kardashians like them or not are a big deal and popular. People talk about them all the time.

Pretending no one cares about them either makes you a liar or a social outcast.

Getting really angry on the internet makes the latter the most likely.

Yeah, no, that's not how it works dude.

I have theee girly girl female cousins. Keeping up with the Kardashians is their favourite show. I lived with them for six months. Still didn't hear shit about them unless I happened to come home while they were watching.

Like has been stated unless you religiously read People magazine and watch TMZ daily, it's very easy to not hear about these women.
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electricbugs2 posted...

I have theee girly girl female cousins. Keeping up with the Kardashians is their favourite show. I lived with them for six months. Still didn't hear shit about them unless I happened to come home while they were watching.

You just destroyed your own point.

"No one cares about them, they're just my families favorite show and I ignore my family."

Well then you just proved that people DO care about them
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He didn't say "no one cares" about them....I know this is your gimmick but you're getting really bad at it.

Gj only quoting half the post. You are such a garbage poster. Get a new gimmick.
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Every time I see someone bitching about cultural appropriation, it's always making a mountain out of a molehill

Can we please end outrage culture?
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TheVipaGTS posted...

He didn't say "no one cares" about them....I know this is your gimmick but you're getting really bad at it.

That what happens when you spend your time here for too long and have debates about pointless shit like this.
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ZombiePelican posted...

Can we please end outrage culture?

Outrage culture has always existed. Its just easier to put out there now with social media...Then clickbait websites pick it up, it gets posted all over FB again and the links spread more...Like this topic. "Outrage Culture" won't go away..its not even a culture its a vocal (small) minority....What we need to do is stop giving things like this attention...but even then, the websites that get clicks from shit like this won't stop.

UnfairRepresent posted...

controversy on Twitter for her use of an emoji

So

This is what the End Times look like.
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ZombiePelican posted...

Every time I see someone bitching about cultural appropriation, it's always making a mountain out of a molehill

Can we please end outrage culture?

It's not just that the issue itself is overblown; it's the reaction that gets overblown.

How to pen an article on someone saying something "controversial"

1. Find a statement by a celebrity or person of note that ostensibly and theoretically could offend a person somewhere in the world
2. Scroll through twitter/youtube/various social media to find the 3 or 4 idiots who were just bored enough to be offended by it and make a comment they don't even really care about themselves
3. Screenshot those comments. Title article something like "Celebrity in hot water as twitter users flock to social media in outrage"
4. Create a dramatic narrative suggesting the celebrity is no stranger to controversy and suggest some context to the remark that is probably totally irrelevant, e.g. "Celebrity has had a string of drug offenses the past 5 years"
5. Assign those twitter users a particular identity, e.g. "animal rights activists", "feminists", etc. Implicitly suggest this is the shared opinion of everyone

Ta da, instant social media outrage editorial.
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Pogo_Marimo posted...

The people who get upset about this are generally low-functioning fringe liberals with no real power in the world. This brand of stupidity is no different from Flat Earthers or Scientologists, it just shows up in a different context that is a bigger hot button than most (I.E. Social norms and standards, which are always an extremely visible topic).

Not at all. These types of people are usually indoctrinated with these ideas in college where they go on to either become professors or enter the workplace where they enact super progressive ideals on others.
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Kolibri X posted...

Pogo_Marimo posted...

The people who get upset about this are generally low-functioning fringe liberals with no real power in the world. This brand of stupidity is no different from Flat Earthers or Scientologists, it just shows up in a different context that is a bigger hot button than most (I.E. Social norms and standards, which are always an extremely visible topic).

Not at all. These types of people are usually indoctrinated with these ideas in college where they go on to either become professors or enter the workplace where they enact super progressive ideals on others.

Curiously though despite having many more liberals friends than you probably do, I rarely seem to encounter this dangerous progressivism anywhere except in these fluff internet pieces. For the most part, most people just want to get on with their day job.
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Sephiroth1288 posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

controversy on Twitter for her use of an emoji

So

This is what the End Times look like.

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pinky0926 posted...

Kolibri X posted...

Pogo_Marimo posted...

The people who get upset about this are generally low-functioning fringe liberals with no real power in the world. This brand of stupidity is no different from Flat Earthers or Scientologists, it just shows up in a different context that is a bigger hot button than most (I.E. Social norms and standards, which are always an extremely visible topic).

Not at all. These types of people are usually indoctrinated with these ideas in college where they go on to either become professors or enter the workplace where they enact super progressive ideals on others.

Curiously though despite having many more liberals friends than you probably do, I rarely seem to encounter this dangerous progressivism anywhere except in these fluff internet pieces. For the most part, most people just want to get on with their day job.

This. I'd like to see your evidence that there is some huge movement of high-functioning radical SJW Executives.
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Jesus Christ. They're thick bitches who fuck and marry black men, can black women move the fuck on already? Holy shit.

they got a fat ass - appropriation
they suck black dick - appropriation
they wear braids - appropriation
they make shirts - appropriation

hoooooooly shit
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Pogo_Marimo posted...

This. I'd like to see your evidence that there is some huge movement of high-functioning radical SJW Executives.

For once I agree with the typically republican stereotype that people like this either work as baristas or are otherwise unemployed, because literally everyone I know who was ever like this had never so much as risen beyond a supervisory role at a small cafe.
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Pogo_Marimo posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Kolibri X posted...

Pogo_Marimo posted...

The people who get upset about this are generally low-functioning fringe liberals with no real power in the world. This brand of stupidity is no different from Flat Earthers or Scientologists, it just shows up in a different context that is a bigger hot button than most (I.E. Social norms and standards, which are always an extremely visible topic).

Not at all. These types of people are usually indoctrinated with these ideas in college where they go on to either become professors or enter the workplace where they enact super progressive ideals on others.

Curiously though despite having many more liberals friends than you probably do, I rarely seem to encounter this dangerous progressivism anywhere except in these fluff internet pieces. For the most part, most people just want to get on with their day job.

This. I'd like to see your evidence that there is some huge movement of high-functioning radical SJW Executives.

Apparently Google is full of them
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Fony posted...

Jesus Christ. They're thick bitches who fuck and marry black men, can black women move the fuck on already? Holy shit.

they got a fat ass - appropriation
they suck black dick - appropriation
they wear braids - appropriation
they make shirts - appropriation

hoooooooly shit

erm
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Pepsi controversy was stupid

This is even worse. Liberals are getting way out of hand
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LittleRoyal posted...

Pepsi controversy was stupid

That wasn't so much a controversy as it was her making a complete laughing stock out of herself
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Yea there was no Pepsi "controversy"...it was people laughing at a really dumb commercial...the majority of the comments were just making fun of her (which tbf, they should have mostly been directed at Pepsi. She was just an actress in that commercial)

pinky0926 posted...

LittleRoyal posted...

Pepsi controversy was stupid

That wasn't so much a controversy as it was her making a complete laughing stock out of herself

Controversy means a lot of mixed opinions.

The commercial had that. People in 7 figures each thought it was hilarious, offensive, bad, good,

That's what controversy is.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Fony posted...

Jesus Christ. They're thick bitches who fuck and marry black men, can black women move the fuck on already? Holy shit.

they got a fat ass - appropriation
they suck black dick - appropriation
they wear braids - appropriation
they make shirts - appropriation

hoooooooly shit

erm

what you disagree? white women wore braids for thousands of years, there's no body type exclusive to any ethnicity of women and the rest is straight fucking butthurt that black men with big bank accounts drop sperm in these dumb broads....aren't you also tired of this shit every month?

Next it's gonna be Kylie Jenner appropriating for wearing air jordans or some shit. Or do you think it's any other group of people making these stupid ass complaints? There's only one group dumb enough sadly.
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pinky0926 posted...

Kolibri X posted...

Pogo_Marimo posted...

The people who get upset about this are generally low-functioning fringe liberals with no real power in the world. This brand of stupidity is no different from Flat Earthers or Scientologists, it just shows up in a different context that is a bigger hot button than most (I.E. Social norms and standards, which are always an extremely visible topic).

Not at all. These types of people are usually indoctrinated with these ideas in college where they go on to either become professors or enter the workplace where they enact super progressive ideals on others.

Curiously though despite having many more liberals friends than you probably do, I rarely seem to encounter this dangerous progressivism anywhere except in these fluff internet pieces. For the most part, most people just want to get on with their day job.

I try not to associate with people who are more radical but they do exist and they educate young minds, own businesses, corporations, make hiring decisions and so on. There are plenty of non-fluff stories that have happened even very recently about people criticizing progressive agendas being pushed at work.
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Eh, hasn't she been sued for a bunch of stuff this year already?
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so someone made a news article reacting to people's twitter reactions?

must be a slow news day
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Darkman124 posted...

so someone made a news article reacting to people's twitter reactions?

must be a slow news day

Happens all the time...and the usual suspects on CE think it means the majority of the world's population are being represented in that article.

Darkman124 posted...

so someone made a news article reacting to people's twitter reactions?

must be a slow news day

Everyday is a slow news day.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

Darkman124 posted...

so someone made a news article reacting to people's twitter reactions?

must be a slow news day

Happens all the time...and the usual suspects on CE think it means the majority of the world's population are being represented in that article.

what a dumb post
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UnfairRepresent posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

Darkman124 posted...

so someone made a news article reacting to people's twitter reactions?

must be a slow news day

Happens all the time...and the usual suspects on CE think it means the majority of the world's population are being represented in that article.

what a dumb post

Here's one of them now.

I was going to say something but Fony did it first
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I keep hoping society as a whole will realize that twitter is awful
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eston posted...

I keep hoping society as a whole will realize that twitter is awful

Twitter is fine. Don't let an article that cherry picks the comments of a few people make you think shit like this is an epidemic.