Yet again, Kim Kardashian has found a way to incite rage. I’ve genuinely come to believe this is a woman who rarely thinks about what she does or its effect…sigh*
For those of you who don’t necessarily know what I’m talking about, Kardashian recently posted a video defending the remarks of Jeffree Star, a well-known male MUA.
So, here’s the scoop: Kim has recently launched powder contour kits, which have received some…interesting feedback from women of color beauty Youtubers reviewing her products. Check out some below:
Okay, so Starr openly criticized the swatches of her contour kits on Twitter. Well, her fans weren’t having it. Apparently they started attacking Star for his racist commentary he’s made in the past, specifically against people of color. Well, Kim came back, telling fans to “get off his ass” and stop “being so petty bringing up things in his past.”
“Guys, I see that my fans are totally hating on someone like Jeffree Star for being honest about my struggle swatches but because of his remarks I’m learning how to swatch properly,” she said on Snapchat. “I see you being so petty bringing up things in his past where he was negative, but he’s also apologized for those things. I get it’s a serious deal if you say racial things but I do believe in people changing. People that apologize, I will give them the benefit of the doubt and accept that people change and move on.”
Now, ya’ll know that the relationship of the African-American community with the Kardashians is already strained. And honestly, I’m not here for her trying to justify a racist’s remarks when she’s married to a Black man and has two Black children. Since then, she’s issued a statement apologizing to her audiences.
“So I really wanted to apologize to you guys and my fans for defending a situation yesterday that I really didn’t know enough about,” she said. “I just feel a bit naïve, and I do want to really apologize for me feeling like I had the right to say ‘get over it’ in a situation that involves racism.”
“I just don’t really feel like I have the right to speak on that, and I really, really, really am sorry,” she said. “From the bottom of my heart, I’ve always been about positivity and I’ve never been a negative person, so my whole thing was: ‘Hey guys, I don’t want to see negativity in my timeline or my mentions, let’s just move forward — let’s be positive and move past this.’ ”
Truly, I believe that her apology is only because the community as a whole is over it. How does one sit and justify the actions of someone (side note: I truly do believe that some people can change, however I think we know more than ever that racism is so systemic that it’s not even a simple wash away) who can make horrible remarks toward people who are literally your husband and your children? Herein lies the problem: simply because you have dealings with the black community doesn’t make you black and it doesn’t give you the right to discuss personal matters. As if the appropriation of black culture isn’t bad enough, now a woman is telling black women how to feel about racist commentary toward women of color? I think not, Kim Kardashian.
What do you guys think? Do you find validity in what Kim said, or are people finally over the BS?
Well… First of all… Kim K is NOT black. Don’t let that tan fool you. You can research her all day. I encourage you to. The woman IS NOT BLACK! Just because she has a big ass don’t mean she is black. Obviously…
I at all don’t support the Kardashians because I’m black and i have my own reasonings against them however, I feel like Kim was taken out of content. I think she was misunderstood and initially was trying to tell her fans who were ONLY bashing jefree stars past because of the fact that he gave Kim a bad review and she was trying to tell them to chill out. I do agree that she doesn’t have the right to tell black ppl how to feel and I believe she does know that and has acknowledged that which is why she made another post apologizing. I don’t think she was even trying to do that at all, I think She was trying to stop ppl from giving him negative remarks and bringing up his past off the strength of him not liking her product because she was taking his criticism in herself in a positive light.