English singer and songwriter Adele is causing quite the stir on social media after she posted a picture of herself rocking Jamaican colors on Sunday.
The artist uploaded the picture in recognition of the Notting Hill Carnival which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and her new look has divided a lot of people.
On Sunday, August 30, Adele shared the Instagram post, lamenting the cancellation of the annual event celebrating Caribbean and Black communities in the U.S.
In the picture (presumably taken during last year’s celebration), the singer is wearing a bikini top with the Jamaican flag, black and white tye-dye leggings, and yellow wings.
She also has her hair in Bantu knots, a traditional African hairstyle.
Her appearance brought criticisms from many who feel she is not in a position to represent the Jamaican heritage of blacks for that matter. Others supported her, bashing critics and telling them they had no right to speak for Jamaicans.
See reactions below:
This week in dumb-fuvkery — Americans took it upon themselves to collectively be outraged ON BEHALF of Jamaicans & Africans, because @Adele wore a Jamaican-flag bikini top & African Bantu Knots on her head.@Adele, thank you for representing the Bantu culture.
Love, Africans. pic.twitter.com/irquGEOvnJ
— Vanti Mbusiswa (@Not_Opressed) August 31, 2020
To all the ignorant non Jamaicans dragging Adele for supporting the Jamaican culture, sit down! You don’t speak for us! We are proud of Adele! Nuff respeck to her! pic.twitter.com/d1GI9Ep7kt
— Francine Braverman (@fogartyny1) August 31, 2020
this is all i could think when i saw the adele pic pic.twitter.com/9tiduCuXoh
— Jessica Blankenship (@blanketboat) August 31, 2020
This New Picture Of Adele Is Going Viral And Oh No Baby, What Is You Doing https://t.co/Pr9iB1OVSt
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) August 31, 2020
I'm enjoying the memes but to anyone trying to cancel Adele….I dare y'all. pic.twitter.com/W3ZWecAuCh
— TRAOD Cannot Be Blank (@homo_scorpion) August 31, 2020
Still trying to understand how this debate debate about Adele's hairstyle benefits future generations of "black people" around the world.
And can Black Americans stop forcing other black people around the world to view "race" through the Black American perspective? ????????
— Kelvin Odanz (@MrOdanz) August 31, 2020
https://twitter.com/roughspoken/status/1300292872147795968
Reading tweets about Adele, it's so strange seeing lots of non-Jamaicans trying to cancel Adele, while I see lots of Jamaicans actually praising her 4 showing appreciation to their culture. Maybe we should let people decide 4 themselves whether they think something is ok or not? pic.twitter.com/BrXA166zoz
— ????????Oliver Heldens ???????????? (@OliverHeldens) August 31, 2020
African Americans are Angry that Adele Made Shuku and Wore A Caribbean Outfit?
How many of them they wear am each day? pic.twitter.com/lV3ve5bn7g
— ???????????????????????? (@PrinzwilEFE) August 31, 2020
Dear Black Americans, y’all are not the the spokesmen for the black race, ethnically, Adele outfit and hairstyle is none of your business…pay attention to the shitt y’all got going on in the US #Adele ???????? pic.twitter.com/LryoKcfsDy
— zoë moon (@moonfuckedd) August 31, 2020
To y’all trying cancel Adele for wearing Jamaican culture please stop. She looks great and she’s being RESPECTFUL about it. Keep going queen ????????♀️???? pic.twitter.com/k2ZmIijawG
— Amaya ! (@Scuplt) August 31, 2020
how are non-Jamaicans getting mad at Adele when Jamaicans aren’t even mad themselves. This is normal carnival attire. Let Adele sing HELLO PON DI ADA SIDE pic.twitter.com/02ZvSC03Ao
— rory???? (@amouraals) August 31, 2020
If you’re not Jamaican shut the heck up about Adele’s pic #Adele #ISaidWhatIsaid pic.twitter.com/4HktCi9YwN
— ????Patrice???? (@PatriceDianakay) August 31, 2020
I love Adele but using katy as a lightning rod for critics and haters to redirect their frustration over this picture is utterly wrong. Katy has learned about cultural appropriation and has talked about it during her Witness era. Katy has gone thru a lot, Stop this. https://t.co/6kfTVO7s7J
— There it is, Jun⚡???? (@ResilientPerrys) August 31, 2020
