Keeping Up with the Kardashians Is Ending. But Their Exploitation of Black Women’s Aesthetics Continues
BY CADY LANG
“It’s a vicious culture that valorizes curves on wealthy, racially ambiguous white women, but stigmatizes these traits on Black women; one that plays into a longtime fascination with the aesthetics of Blackness and an unwillingness to engage with the ugliness of anti-Black racism at the same time. And it’s in the Kardashian-Jenner sisters’ wholehearted embrace of this tension that their family has forever changed the ways society thinks about bodies and beauty, forging the standards that have defined the past decade.”
Keeping Up with the Kardashians Is Ending. But Their Exploitation of Black Women’s Aesthetics Continues
BY CADY LANG
“It’s a vicious culture that valorizes curves on wealthy, racially ambiguous white women, but stigmatizes these traits on Black women; one that plays into a longtime fascination with the aesthetics of Blackness and an unwillingness to engage with the ugliness of anti-Black racism at the same time. And it’s in the Kardashian-Jenner sisters’ wholehearted embrace of this tension that their family has forever changed the ways society thinks about bodies and beauty, forging the standards that have defined the past decade.”
There is the flip side of the coin; by bringing these looks and fashions into the “white sphere,” they’re helping to create widespread familiarity with and appreciation for Black aesthetic, and that has a positive effect among less progressive people who need to be integrated into a multicultural/multiracial culture slowly. And it gives all children exposure to varied beauty standards that they will grow up with and find commonplace.
There is the flip side of the coin; by bringing these looks and fashions into the “white sphere,” they’re helping to create widespread familiarity with and appreciation for Black aesthetic, and that has a positive effect among less progressive people who need to be integrated into a multicultural/multiracial culture slowly. And it gives all children exposure to varied beauty standards that they will grow up with and find commonplace.
“I think she’s got a little junk in her trunk,” says Kris Jenner, the family’s matriarch and “momager.” She calls her daughter’s butt “jiggly,” as Kim’s sister Khloé Kardashian chimes in from the kitchen table, “Kim’s always had an ass
“I think she’s got a little junk in her trunk,” says Kris Jenner, the family’s matriarch and “momager.” She calls her daughter’s butt “jiggly,” as Kim’s sister Khloé Kardashian chimes in from the kitchen table, “Kim’s always had an ass
People appropriate aesthetics from all walks of life - and it's never been an issue. But sure, let's laser focus on this particular example because it allows us to fuel a race war - one that wouldn't exist without the fuel.
People appropriate aesthetics from all walks of life - and it's never been an issue. But sure, let's laser focus on this particular example because it allows us to fuel a race war - one that wouldn't exist without the fuel.
I understand and agree. However, as a white woman born with naturally full lips and a generous rear, I don't wish to be thought of as engaging in cultural appropriation.
I understand and agree. However, as a white woman born with naturally full lips and a generous rear, I don't wish to be thought of as engaging in cultural appropriation.
I'm not a fan of the the Kardashians..but these "blackfishing" & "appropriation" claims are absurd.
It's okay for the black community to do or say whatever, but folks that have no affiliation with anything other than being born NOT black, have to ask permission to like a style?
I'm not a fan of the the Kardashians..but these "blackfishing" & "appropriation" claims are absurd.
It's okay for the black community to do or say whatever, but folks that have no affiliation with anything other than being born NOT black, have to ask permission to like a style?