When Adele paid tribute to the Notting Hill Carnival, she was savaged for ‘cultural appropriation’

With her track record of mammoth global music sales, Adele is well used to setting records. And the picture she posted on Instagram on Monday — showing her dressed in a Jamaican flag-print bikini with a feathered collar and her hair in African Bantu knots, to mark what would have been that day’s Notting Hill … Read more

Adele breaks her silence amid cultural appropriation scandal

Adele breaks her silence amid cultural appropriation scandal as she pokes fun at the saga by using Jamaican greeting ‘Wah Gwaan’ in new Instagram comment On Sunday, the Hello hitmaker, 32, was criticised for wearing a Jamaican flag bikini and styling her hair in bantu knots for an Instagram photo  The scandal erupted after Adele … Read more

Adele defended by stars after ‘cultural appropriation’ criticism

Adele has been supported by supermodel Naomi Campbell and thousands of fans after being accused of cultural appropriation for donning a Jamaican flag bikini top to mark the cancelled Notting Hill Carnival.   In a picture shared to her Instagram on Sunday night, the songstress, posing in the garden of her $9.5million Beverly Hills home, wore … Read more

Adele is defended by Naomi Campbell and David Lammy after being accused of ‘cultural appropriation’

Adele has been supported by supermodel Naomi Campbell and thousands of fans after being accused of cultural appropriation for donning a Jamaican flag bikini top to mark the cancelled Notting Hill Carnival.   In a picture shared to her Instagram on Sunday night, the songstress, posing in the garden of her $9.5million Beverly Hills home, wore … Read more

Rita Ora is accused of ‘blackfishing’ and ‘cultural appropriation’

Rita Ora has been accused of ‘blackfishing’ by Twitter users who discovered her Albanian roots in a social media storm on Monday.  Despite the Hot Right Now hitmaker, 29, frequently discussing her Albanian heritage, her family’s escape from the war-torn area and life as a refugee in London, enraged critics still lashed out at the star … Read more

Trump blasts the ‘left-wing cultural revolution’ and ‘cancel culture’ at Mount Rushmore

President Trump gave a fiery address at Mount Rushmore Friday night claiming that the ‘left-wing cultural revolution’ aimed to overthrow the American Revolution, painting a dark picture of the Black Lives Matter protests that have rocked the nation.  On the eve of the Fourth of July holiday, Trump’s message was about us versus them, calling those … Read more

MasterChef star Poh Ling Yeow reveals her family’s cultural heritage

‘It brings back the deepest childhood memories’: MasterChef star Poh Ling Yeow reveals her family’s cultural heritage as she enjoys her mother’s mouth-watering dumplings By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:24 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 05:48 BST, 1 July 2020 And on Tuesday, Poh Ling Yeow spoke about her family’s cultural … Read more

Councillor blames a perfect storm of ‘cultural, health and economic factors’ for Leicester outbreak

A perfect storm of ‘cultural, health and economic factors’ including large BAME families living in small terraced houses and poor residents who have had to work through lockdown while taking public transport have made one Leicester borough the epicenter of the city’s coronavirus outbreaks its councillor has said. And he also pointed to busy mosques … Read more

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Baying mobs and vandals no better than Chairman Mao’s ‘cultural’ wreckers 

Here’s a scene that may sound familiar. A crowd surges through the streets, chanting and shouting, eyes blazing with moralistic fervour. While the police stand limply by, the mob turns its fury on a statue. They rock it on its plinth, their excitement reaching hysteria, before at last it comes crashing down. But they’re not … Read more

Chinese company claims eating dogs is a way to show ‘cultural confidence’

A company specialising in making dog meat dishes has claimed that eating dogs is a way for Chinese people to show their ‘cultural confidence’. Fankuai Dog Meat from eastern China made the statement in a blog post while protesting against a proposed law which bans people from consuming pets in the wake of the coronavirus … Read more