This is a reminder that Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds got married on a plantation where slave cabins still stand. pic.twitter.com/9rbKXH2WDc
While the actress received her fair share of hate for the caption, plenty of people came to her defense too.
“I
sing this song at karaoke all the time. So, should I not sing it
because I am not African American? I mean, I get what one side is saying
about how black womens’ bodies and the stereotypes, etc. I really do
get it, but isn’t this song celebrating a BIG BUTT!?” one user wrote.
“I’m BLACK and don’t see anything wrong relax people stop being so sensentive,” said another.
So what do you think … overreaction or is the hate on point?
Blake Lively at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Getty Images)
Blake
Lively may be the fashion queen of Cannes, but the Internet thinks she
needs some serious pointers when flaunting that on social media.
On Tuesday, the Gossip Girl alum, 28 — who is pregnant with her second child — shared a photo
from the festival’s red carpet. The side-by-side shot features the
front and back of Lively rocking a curve-hugging gold sequined gown.
“L.A. face with an Oakland booty,” she wrote alongside the photo, quoting Sir Mix-a-Lot’s song “Baby Got Back."
While
it seems the Los Angeles native was using the lyric to call out her
voluptuous backside, thanks to baby No. 2, people were not having her
attempt at humor. The picture has more than 16,000 comments (and
counting), many of which call the caption racially insensitive.
"Another
day, another rich white woman using [women of color’s] bodies as a
punchline and commodity. As if Blake Lively wasn’t the worst already,”
one user wrote.
“Unbelievably
problematic using women of color’s bodies as a joke. I guess you just
want people to know you’re racist and you don’t give a s**t,” another
wrote.
This isn’t the first time Lively has stirred up controversy.
“I
think the race issue started when she got married on a slave
plantation. This just adds fuel to that fire,” an Instagram commenter
pointed out.
Lively wed Ryan Reynolds in 2010 at Boone Hall Plantation, a few miles outside of downtown Charleston, S.C.
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This is a reminder that Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds got married on a plantation where slave cabins still stand. pic.twitter.com/9rbKXH2WDc
While the actress received her fair share of hate for the caption, plenty of people came to her defense too.
“I
sing this song at karaoke all the time. So, should I not sing it
because I am not African American? I mean, I get what one side is saying
about how black womens’ bodies and the stereotypes, etc. I really do
get it, but isn’t this song celebrating a BIG BUTT!?” one user wrote.
“I’m BLACK and don’t see anything wrong relax people stop being so sensentive,” said another.
So what do you think … overreaction or is the hate on point?
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