

It turns out that Kardashian West's photo, which was taken by Jean-Paul Goude, was a recreation of his 1976 work, titled "Carolina Beaumont." Kim Kardashian West has worn cornrows to events several times.ĭespite repeatedly receiving backlash for appropriating Black culture, Kardashian West has been accused of Blackfishing numerous times.įor example, the reality star posed nude with a glass balancing on her butt in a 2014 cover shoot for Paper magazine. During a 2017 interview on " The Wendy Williams Show," Williams said she thought Ora was biracial or Black before learning she was Albanian. The since-deleted tweet was liked by more than 100,000 users and retweeted by more than 22,000 accounts.

One Twitter user shared a photo of Ora with her parents, along with pictures of the performer wearing an Afro and braids. Though the singer has spoken about her Albanian roots in numerous interviews, she's worn her hair in cornrows, box braids, and an Afro - all of which are integral to Black culture. Her parents, both of whom are white, moved to London with Ora when she was 1 year old. Ora's family is originally from Kosovo, a self-declared independent country in the Balkan Peninsula, and identifies as Albanian. Rita Ora attends Capital's Jingle Bell Ball on December 7, 2019.Īfter learning of Ora's Albanian parentage in 2020, fans called the singer out for choosing styles and hairdos that they said fed into the belief that she was biracial or Black.
