A white high school student from Clearwater, Florida decided that it’d be cool to show up for “Character Day” dressed as Kodak Black and now she’s facing some backlash.
Claire Kemp, 17, is being accused of cultural appropriation for rocking Bantu knots, a “Free Kodak” t-shirt, cut-off jean jacket, camouflage pants, a grill, a gold chain, a Styrofoam cup and a “Project Baby” tatt written with a marker.
One major issue that had Twitter users upset over her costume was the fact that she wore a protective style normally worn in the Black community known as Bantu knots. The hairdo originated with the Zulu tribes in Africa. Khloe Kardashian and beauty vlogger Gilan Sharafani have been criticized for seemingly appropriating the look.
Some users were just elated that the high schooler didn’t use black face.
Kemp stands behind her decision to wear the costume even with the criticism.
“People kept saying it was racist. I had never even heard of Bantu knots until today—I thought I was just doing Kodak’s hairstyle,” she says in an interview with Daily Dot. “Racism is still a big issue, but they don’t know it’s an issue that I care about. They don’t know me or who I hang out with or what I do.”
In other Kodak news, the Florida rapper was sentenced in one of his ongoing cases last month after pleading no contest to two misdemeanor drug charges in St. Lucie County, Florida. He also faces up to 30 years for a sexual battery charge in South Carolina.
If she is not allowed to wear Bantu knots, then black women shouldn’t be allowed to wear straight hair.
BAM!!!! Lol!!! You know? Or dye/bleach their hair. Besides, a lot of black folk here look down on Africans. It’s just funny how quick we are to criticize without looking at ourselves first.
She can’t wear them cause she’s white? So who are the racists here keeping the divide? I thought the point was everyone to be equal!
Alright then fucking Beyoncé can’t have blonde hair. Let’s be fair here and not be selective ya little rabble rousing scamps you.
There are black ppl born with black hair. Poor analogy. Regardless, as long as she do black face there anything wrong with what she is doing.
Nah nah I wasn’t bringing “black people are born with black hair” into a conversation, I was just pointing out the most visible person who has appropriated blonde hair. At the end of the day I don’t understand anything about Bantu knots and won’t really touch on the subject to offend one way or the other. Here’s the other thing to pay attention, that girl is a baby, she’s a high schooler, let her be her, it’s not like she’s twittering some dumb shit like “I hope I don’t get AIDS….jk I’m white!” Barring the knots the child is bugging up her favorite rapper. I can’t sit here and pretend that I didn’t wear a shiny ass black shirt with a portrait of Biggie on it.
The people criticising her are the real racists. SMFH. White People invented Cars, Asians invented Noodles. So every Black person driving a car and/or eating noodles is appropriating other cultures now?? Stop deviding people
Black people invented traffic lights so if you stop at a red light you racist? Lmao and without traffic lights the car that white people “invented” will be useless
Wouldn’t be useless just more stop sighns
You do know that I spoke against racism with my point, right?? So why try to argue against it and why you calling me racist? Unless you dumb af, that would explain it.
Just went to the first chicks twitter account every second tweet is “White people this, white people that”. She is a racist for sure
U Must not have a fucking life loser what makes u better than everyone els I know it’s because your a fucking idiot with no common sense
When did I say that I’m better than EVERYONE else?? Why exactly you think that I dont have a life?? Specially how do your two accusations fit together?? Talkin bout common sense
Your a racist scumbag just like the rest of the black people who think all white people are racist
Okay now I know you are troll. Good life, Sir
Your just like the rest of the black who think white people like me are racist I’m not racist at all
I know racism is still a tough subject that we’re dealing with, but this is stupid. Why the fuck would anyone care that this girl dressed like Kodak Black. I doubt even he knew the origins of his hair do.
What is racist about someone dressing up like there favorite rapper? Lol
Plus the only one profiting here is the rapper himself not black equality.
This seems hardly racist. Most of color don’t even wanna claim this wack rapper anyways. “No offense if you enjoy his music”
Their* Hard to prove a point or speak your opinion when you are using terrible grammar.
How is this “racist”? Gotta love how a certain tribe is pitting us against each other, inciting race war using the mainstream media as a tool to manipulate us. Pickin up irrelevant things like this tweet.
The tribe of Ishmael?
Black people are more sensitive than a fucking asian pussy and a white soccer mom sometimes… shut the fuck up and get over it, stupid ass niggaz. And this is coming from a Mexican… Not some pink skinned, white boy, internet geek either. You muthafuckas need to grow some balls… Hella niggaz in the ack community are being killed by cops but you guys are upset with this little white bitch for actually showing LOVE to the culture? You guys are ass backwards sometimes, I swear.
if you refer to people of color as “niggaz” with you yourself being a person of color don’t use the word nigga
………….nigga
Nigga Im from the bay! Shut the fuck up, we dont play that shit! Everybody gets along up here! Yall niggaz probably typing all the way from Alabama or some redneck ass state like that lol foh
Fuck you bro don’t accuse all black ppl asshole, Thats the problem just like you race has super sensitive ppl don’t act like our race can’t those types of actions are why ppl are super senstive. You general a whole race for some fuck heads. I love it when someone whit doesn something and its just that person, But when its a black person its the whole race. Go fuck yourself bro.
cultural appropriation.. ffs.. All twitter has been done is allow for these morons to be heard. Find something real to have a problem with.
She looks like a tatted up Cynthia doll from Rugrats lol
you americans are absolutely brainwashed and crazy. even if she did paint her face black whats the problem?? how does this insult black people??
Theres a lot wrong with her painting her face black.. Don’t be stupid and ignorant.
Damn this world is messed up… people lookin at the slightest oppurtunity to go at each other’s throat, racism doesn’t exist if we don’t bring it up over bullshit. Twitter needs to die ASAP it’s doing nothing but harm.
Seriously I’m Black whats the fuckin problem?? who cares she didn’t paint her face black. shes did it fine. People are too fucking sensitive.
You right. And even if she did so fucking what. I’m black as hell and this shit is blown out of proportion. Oohh she left a dark colored facial on. ?? boo hoo niggas. Cry me a river and I’LL build a bridge
I don’t see nothing wrong with this.. She didn’t do blackface and her outfit was “tastefully done”. It is not her fault that he is the latest character to be put on.. Seriously…Bantu Knots, that’s what your upset about???? Cornrolls, dreads and twists are ok but we gonna trip over Bantu Knots?? Social Media will end us all
“bantu knots” lol. all these retards walking around looking like young thug but talking like maya angelou when it comes to white people.
Niggas too sensitive. That blackface shit don’t bother me in the least bit. I’m all black, no filler. Stop crying about silly shit. Don’t hit me with the history of blackface and all that shit. I know about all that and the shit still don’t phase me. Some people are racist some aren’t. Some show it, others don’t. Get the fuck over it already.
These black power racists are talking about HISTORY this and History that but they themselves dont know their history or where they came from. That’s why they are mad, they are lost.
I’m seriously wondering if some (DISCLAIMER…I said “some”) black people understand that you don’t win the racism argument by being racist. It just doesn’t work…I mean even when white people pay homage to black culture they get ridiculed. Where does that leave them? They can’t trash black culture, but they can’t participate in it either. Black people cry when nobody pays attention to their culture (that’s how Hiphop was lost to corporate america), but cry even harder when non blacks want to be a part of their culture. That leaves us with segregation, which washes away all the progress made when real racism existed. If you’re trying to keep a leg on each side of the fence, you ain’t never going anywhere.
Yes boss!
She did that why yall trippin for yall act like yall dont straigthen yall hair ififthere is a problome with her using ahairstyle then yall should just rock yalls hair naturalnaturaly
So just checked it. Beyonce has bleached blonde hair now. I guess we getting an article soon about white people bitching about her hair color?? No?? White people dont care??? Uh okay
How the fuck is this cultural appropriation? Look up the definition..
And I’m willing to bet that very few people (if any at all) complaining about the bantu knots aren’t even “Bantu” people lol but they can wear it because their skin is the same color pigment? btw my fellow shithead Americans, Culture doesn’t equal skin color