Throughout history, black people have been ridiculed for how dark their skin is, and for any other race especially Whites to now take on the “Black label” that their ancestors made fun of for so long are cruel and disrespectful. There is a difference between trying to understand another race and impersonating it, and Dolezal crossed that line. Another example of this line being crossed is with Kylie Jenner, Julianne Hough. Kylie Jenner took a picture and captioned it on Instagram stating, “What I wish I looked like all the time, thank you @marcelocantuphoto @joycebonelli” (Ishler). Jenner thought this was an innocent picture by the photographer whom she was posing for, but, in fact, this is another example of cultural appropriation. Jenner claimed the picture was taken using black and neon lights at a photo shoot, which presented a false image to appear as though she was wearing makeup. This is an example of cultural appropriation because black people are being made fun of because of their skin color even though they thought they were doing this innocently for Hough it was for her Halloween costume in 2014. Jenner was attempting to portray a character from the popular Netflix show called Orange is the New Black. Also,
Throughout history, black people have been ridiculed for how dark their skin is, and for any other race especially Whites to now take on the “Black label” that their ancestors made fun of for so long are cruel and disrespectful. There is a difference between trying to understand another race and impersonating it, and Dolezal crossed that line. Another example of this line being crossed is with Kylie Jenner, Julianne Hough. Kylie Jenner took a picture and captioned it on Instagram stating, “What I wish I looked like all the time, thank you @marcelocantuphoto @joycebonelli” (Ishler). Jenner thought this was an innocent picture by the photographer whom she was posing for, but, in fact, this is another example of cultural appropriation. Jenner claimed the picture was taken using black and neon lights at a photo shoot, which presented a false image to appear as though she was wearing makeup. This is an example of cultural appropriation because black people are being made fun of because of their skin color even though they thought they were doing this innocently for Hough it was for her Halloween costume in 2014. Jenner was attempting to portray a character from the popular Netflix show called Orange is the New Black. Also,