{"id":25526,"date":"2021-06-04T22:56:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=25526"},"modified":"2021-06-04T22:56:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T22:56:08","slug":"kim-kardashian-appropriation-hindu-culture","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/kim-kardashian-appropriation-hindu-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Kim Kardashian Appropriate Hindu Culture?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25532\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25532\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1186821556.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Rodin Eckenroth\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On this week&#8217;s episode of Keeping Up With <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-divorce-failure\/\">Kim Kardashian<\/a>, the multi-hyphenate is in the heat of <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/justin-bieber-hair-appropriation\/\">cultural appropriation<\/a> allegations \u2014 once again. Last week, the reality television star took to social media to tease her latest photoshoot with photographer Sita Abell\u00e1n in tandem with a <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/celebrity-beauty-brands\/\">KKW Beauty<\/a> launch, one of the many brands from her sprawling empire. Kardashian posed in a floral and fur top, webbed red bottoms and long nails, but what really stole the show were her oversized silver hoop earrings adorned with the sacred Hindu &#8220;om&#8221; emblem which symbolizes ultimate consciousness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPOL1uHgc07\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPOL1uHgc07\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPOL1uHgc07\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The internet spares no one and nothing, not even time, so the backlash that quickly followed comes to no surprise. One user on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sen_ria\/status\/1396501327924981764?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>, &#8220;Is now a good time to mention that the Om is a sacred symbol to Hindus and not just an accessory?&#8221; Another added, &#8220;Please stop abusing my religion and my culture for clout. You have no idea what it means.&#8221; Much of flak centers around the commodification of culturally significant imagery as fashion statement. Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rajanzed.com\/upset-hindus-seek-apology-from-kim-kardashian-for-donning-sacred-om-earrings-in-photo-shoot\/\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> imploring the mother of four to issue an apology to the Hindu community and emphasizing that &#8220;celebrities should be in the business of religious appropriation, sacrilege, and ridiculing entire communities. Zed continues, &#8220;It was deeply trivializing of immensely revered &#8216;Om&#8217; to be displayed in such a manner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As we all know, this is far from the first time that the 40-year-old has been set aflame for her blithe outfit selections. In 2018, Kardashian sported Fulani braids (a style indigenous to Black women) and then in a brash turn of events, dubbed the style &#8220;Bo Derek braids.&#8221; The following year, she wore traditional Indian maang tikka head jewelry to a <em>Christian<\/em> church service. 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