Cultural Appropriation

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May 18, 2020
Justin Timberlake gains popularity by incorporating Blackness without fully entrenching himself into the hardships of Black Americans.
Bhad Bhabie theGrio.com
April 7, 2020
People across these social media streets are not here for a video of Bhad Bhabie where her skin tone looks noticeably, ahem,…
March 6, 2020
Ray J and his sister, Brandy Norwood defended Kim Kardashian West from accusations of cultural appropriation for wearing braids.
Black man's theGrio.com
January 20, 2020
During the Saturday show, one Black model also wore the wig, while two others sported short dreadlocks.
January 8, 2020
Tom Hanks may have received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday's Golden Globes, but it appears to be his…
Kim Kardashian West
December 19, 2019
Kim Kardashian is supposedly channeling Elizabeth Taylor in a recent photoshoot. But her bronzed skin is earning her another cultural…
Khloé Kardashian thegrio.com
March 28, 2019
In honor of Diana Ross' birthday Khloé Kardashian switched things up when she wore a big, curly wig in the same…
Alex Trebek TheGrio
July 29, 2018
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek told TMZ's Harvey Levin he was 'out there in the Afro-American community as a brother' back…
Zac Ephron thegrio.com
July 9, 2018
Actor Zac Efron soon learned that you can’t play the part of a dreadlocked Rasta and a bubblegum entertainer at the same…
Taylor Swift thegrio.com
April 14, 2018
riday morning, millions of Black Americans woke up to the news that Taylor Swift had did something she should have…
March 19, 2018
[griojw id=”Qy9oximR” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Today on #theDownload: There was a fourth explosion Sunday night, in Southwest, Texas, injuring two young men
March 18, 2018
Musical genius Stevie Wonder defends singer Bruno Mars against cultural appropriation acccusations
March 15, 2018
Flourgon, a Jamaican dancehall artist legally known as Michael May, has sued Miley Cyrus and Sony Music to the tune…
Bruno Mars
March 13, 2018
Charlie Wilson, Babyface, and other black celebrities praise Bruno Mars amid allegations of cultural appropriation against the singer.
Bruno Mars thegrio.com
March 12, 2018
This is the final, last, ultimate and definitive word on why the Bruno Mars cultural appropriation discussion is beyond stupid.
Justin Timberlake theGrio.com
February 2, 2018
Writer Ernest Owens, whose exchange with Timberlake over cultural appropriation went viral, says "Say Something" is nothing more than the…
Kim Kardashian theGrio.com
January 29, 2018
It seems no matter how many times she gets called out, Kim Kardashian just can't help appropriating Black culture. This…
August 31, 2017
The writer anticipates being called racist. I don’t call her racist. I call her willfully ignorant...
July 16, 2017
While most people know that painting one’s white face to look black is called blackface and is not something that
July 12, 2017
On Saturday, 50 members of the Ku Klux Klan clashed with about 1,000 counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, but one photo in