Kylie and Kendall Jenner Once Again Face Accusations of Cultural Appropriation

Kylie and Kendall Jenner are being accused of cultural appropriation for the second time in one summer.

August 29, 2017

Who knows if they're paying enough attention to realize they're at the center of another controversy, but I regret to inform you the Jenner sisters are at it again. Kylie and Kendall Jenner got caught in one firestorm of cultural appropriation this summer, and it appears they're about to be in the middle of another one.

On this week's episode of Cultural Appropriation Wheel of Fortune, the Jenner sisters appear to have ripped a fashion item directly from Latin cholo/chola culture. The shirt in question is not exactly anything groundbreaking, aside from the ridiculous $145 price tag attached.

If it was just about the shirt style, there wouldn't be much to gripe over. But in a since-deleted post on the Kendall + Kylie Instagram page, the shirt was buttoned on a model in a very distinct style.

There's a good reason the post has been deleted. Once savvy social media users spotted them trying to adapt the fashion for their own gains, they swarmed on the Jenner sisters with the swiftness, prompting a back down.

If there's anything the Jenners are prepared to do, however, it's to deny being culture vultures, or at least attempt to duck any responsibility. Faced with a lawsuit over their ridiculous 2Pac T-shirts, the girls called the plaintiff's claim "baseless," despite issuing what they claimed was a sincere apology prior to getting hit with the legal action. It has been a year filled with controversy for Kendall Jenner in particular, after she filmed that Pepsi commercial and was accused of stiffing her bartenders.

Should history be any indication, I'm sure this will be the final controversy involving the family.