Cultural Appropriation Of The Kardashian-Jenner Family
The Kardashian-Jenner family is a blended Armenian and Caucasian family that rose to fame in 2007 and have been considered reality television royalty ever since. Over the past 9 years the family has branched out from being just television stars, to become essentially pop-cultural icons, who inspire fashion and beauty trends around the world. Although many fans consider the Kardashians and Jenners to be trendsetters, deeper insight proves many of the trends they have been thought to start are actually just features they have appropriated from cultures that are not their own. The Jenners and Kardashians have copied everything from black hair, lips, and body shape to traditional Native American headdress and Hindu bindis. The other cultures,
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The Kardashians/Jenners represent high profile, pop-cultural, cultural appropriation. The family often reproduces styles, features, and items associated with particular ethnics groups, while taking credit as their own doing. Whether it be Kylie’s “collaged-plumped lips” and dreadlocks, Kim’s overly curvaceous body, or Khloe wearing cornrows and traditional Native American headdresses. The issue here is not the fact that the family takes aspects from these other cultures, the issue is that the family never gives credit to the cultures they are emulating. Even when under criticism their usual response is that they are allowed to do what they please with their image, even if that means taking credit for something that other individuals have been chastised for years about. The media does not help this issue, by constantly portraying the Kardashians and Jenners as trendsetters and style aficionados, while they bash women of other cultures for wearing the same trends. The Kardashian/Jenner family and their representation by the media, promotes a Eurocentric beauty standard that essentially demeans women of color. Women of color are lead to believe that clothes, hairstyles, facial and body features are not flattering when they embody them, even if it is a natural embodiment, but they are instant style successes when embodied by a Caucasian
The Kardashians/Jenners represent high profile, pop-cultural, cultural appropriation. The family often reproduces styles, features, and items associated with particular ethnics groups, while taking credit as their own doing. Whether it be Kylie’s “collaged-plumped lips” and dreadlocks, Kim’s overly curvaceous body, or Khloe wearing cornrows and traditional Native American headdresses. The issue here is not the fact that the family takes aspects from these other cultures, the issue is that the family never gives credit to the cultures they are emulating. Even when under criticism their usual response is that they are allowed to do what they please with their image, even if that means taking credit for something that other individuals have been chastised for years about. The media does not help this issue, by constantly portraying the Kardashians and Jenners as trendsetters and style aficionados, while they bash women of other cultures for wearing the same trends. The Kardashian/Jenner family and their representation by the media, promotes a Eurocentric beauty standard that essentially demeans women of color. Women of color are lead to believe that clothes, hairstyles, facial and body features are not flattering when they embody them, even if it is a natural embodiment, but they are instant style successes when embodied by a Caucasian