Hate to see it. pic.twitter.com/N9CqPqh7GX
— Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) August 30, 2020
Meanwhile, another Twitter user wrote that Bantu knots are “a protective style created by and for black women,” adding that “black women are ostracized for their natural hair but Adele wearing this is okay?”
You know how happy we are all over the caribbean when people rep our flag and style? Just once they arent disrespecting it
— 🔱🔰🇹🇹🔰🔱 (@trininickiqueen) August 30, 2020
However, others disagreed, saying that Adele’s picture constituted “cultural appreciation,” rather than cultural appropriation. One Twitter user wrote, “Read up on the Notting Hill Carnival before you comment on this photo. In my humble opinion, this is not cultural appropriation. It is cultural appreciation! That festival is a celebration of different cultures.”