Reality star Kylie Jenner is allegedly under fire for culturally appropriating camouflage…from the ‘90s pop group "Destiny’s Child."
According to Teen Vogue, Marie Claire, attn. com, BET, Bustle, NME, and others, Jenner committed a faux pas when she debuted her new clothing line featuring a camouflage bikini.
After Perez Hilton drew attention to the clothing line, one Twitter user brought up the fact that Destiny’s Child wore camo in the music video for “Survivor.”
The Twitter user also directed a message to all white people, saying, “all the trends they think the Kardashians/Jenners are the 1st to start have been done by Black people since”:
Although Jenner is being accused of culturally appropriating Destiny’s Child for daring to sell camo bikinis, camouflage did not start with Destiny’s Child or “Black people.” According to USA Today, the first use of camouflage by the United States was during the Spanish-American War in 1898. By World War I, the major players had also incorporated camouflage into their uniforms.
Outside the military, camouflage has traditionally been associated with hunting and the South.
In their quest to accuse Jenner of yet another form of cultural appropriation, it appears news sources have fallen victim to feeding the race-baiting trolls.
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