This Morning viewers were left furious earlier today as two white guests on the show blasted cultural appropriation, branding the term as “nonsense”.
India Willoughby and Andrew Neil appeared on the show with Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, discussing the current affairs of the day.
Near the end of the segment, the conversation turned to a recent photo shared by Adele, dressed up to celebrate the annual weekend of the Notting Hill Carnival street party.
The singer was accused of cultural appropriation after sharing the photo, as her hair was styled in Bantu knots, and she wore a Jamaican-print bikini.
Cultural appropriation can be defined as the wearing of cultural identity markers associated with minority communities by people of privilege.
When asked whether the outfit was cultural appropriation, India made it clear she didn’t agree with the concept of “appropriation”.
India Willoughby and Andrew Neil appeared on the show, discussing cultural appropriation (Image: ITV)
Raising her voice, she said: “I don’t understand the phrase cultural appropriation.
“I would rather call it cultural appreciation.”
She added: “I don’t understand the problem with it.”
The journalist also compared Adele’s wearing of Bantu knots, a traditional African hairstyle with a deep-rooted history, to black women wearing blonde wigs.
Adele was accused of cultural appropriation as she wore her hair in Bantu knots (Image: ITV)
Fellow guest Andrew agreed with India, saying: “I’m so fed up of all this cultural appropriation nonsense.
“There seems to be a small matter of people who patrol the internet looking for reasons to be aggrieved and aggravated. That seems to be all their sad lives consist of.”
Over on Twitter, viewers blasted the conversation and pointed out two white people had no place in deciding whether certain outfits or hairstyles are culturally offensive.
One said: “WHY ARE WHITE PEOPLE DISCUSSING ADELE AND HER BANTU KNOTS??? #ThisMorning PRODUCERS ARE A DISGRACE.”
Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes quizzed their guests about the backlash to Adele’s outfit (Image: ITV)
“#ThisMorning don’t know if it’s appropriate for four white people to talk about appropriation,” added a second.
And a third agreed: “Two white people saying cultural appropriation isn’t a thing on #ThisMorning If you’re going to have a discussion about cultural appropriation, at least make the effort to have somebody actually involved in the culture.”
While a fourth remarked: “Someone get that woman off this morning can’t believe she just called black appropriation rubbish #ThisMorning.”
This Morning airs on weekdays at 10am on ITV
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