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Adele faces backlash for wearing Jamaican flag bikini, knot hairstyle as tribute to canceled carnival
Adele is facing online backlash over her choice of bikini and hairstyle in a photo she posted to mark the canceled Notting Hill Carnival.
In her Instagram post, the British singer wore a Jamaican flag bikini and Bantu knots whcih is a traditional African hairstyle.
“Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London,” Adele wrote in the caption.
The post became a trending topic on Twitter early Monday morning as netizens accused Adele of cultural appropriation, as others defended her, while other still, were there to throw jokes around.
Adele should stick to looking like a middle aged white woman. Bino abiveko https://t.co/lGe0nOtSrf
— Prof. Moriarty (@glenakampurira) August 31, 2020
Americans are far too pressed about about what Adele is wearing to a carnival they ain’t ever heard of before
— b? (@BabsAngelica) August 31, 2020
how adele next album finna sound pic.twitter.com/eqJL90mix0
— Iahn ???????? (@niggawithnojob) August 31, 2020
I saw the picture of Adele but thought it was this girl at first https://t.co/oDT2bdKoX1
— Mr. Rager ???? (@ianterry21) August 31, 2020
pls stop Adele... Jamaican me angry
— hrcass (@ssacrh) August 31, 2020
The outrage happening towards Adele is ridiculous...
— Jack Motin (@JackMotin) August 31, 2020
All I have heard since the #GeorgeFloyd tragedy is #WhitePeople don’t understand #blackculture ... Yet when a white person tries to celebrate it their chastised & ridiculed
#BidenRiots #TrumpRiots #WhitePrivilege #BLM
???????????????? not Adele . I actually like this bitch https://t.co/cSlyhBUx2k
— ???? (@heyyitstinyy) August 31, 2020
Adele, what the fuck. https://t.co/KOAVRPaguJ
— em? (@TinyBabyHands) August 31, 2020
The Notting Hill Carnival celebrates Carribean and black culture in the U.K.
This year’s event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
