Cardi B Apologizes for Portraying a Hindu Goddess on a Magazine Cover Following Backlash
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Cardi B recently posed on the cover of Footwear News, embodying the Hindu goddess Durga.
After getting called out for cultural appropriation, Cardi apologized and said it was never her intention to offend anyone's religion.
Just when it seemed like things were finally getting back to normal in Cardi B's world (see: the conclusion of that "are they/aren't they?" divorce drama with Offset), something else happened...again. This time, Cardi was called out for cultural appropriation following her Reebok cover shoot with Footwear News, in which she portrayed the Hindu goddess Durga.
In short: People were not happy with the imagery.
People are saying Cardi B is paying homeage to our hindu goddess Durga. So as a Hindu I want to say that:
1-Wearing a shoe in a temple is prohibited
2-Durga maa is not to be used as an aesthetic
3-Durga maa is NEVER depicted bare bodied
4-THIS. IS. NOT. HOMAGE. IT'S. DISRESPECT. pic.twitter.com/K4QFa431tP— This user does not exist :) (@wotermelonsugrx) November 11, 2020
CARDI B OUT HERE USING A HINDU GODDESS AS HER AESTHETIC WHAT THE FUCK pic.twitter.com/3ysFx1YHqx
— Varu ❀ (@yourlocalbicc) November 11, 2020
Cardi B using my religion as a way to promote something and trying to cover it up as a “homage” is disgusting. What she is doing is cultural appropriation and there is no one that can tell me otherwise. The fact that Cardi thinks that she compares to or even has any remote
— SK⚡️ (@raptalkSK) November 11, 2020
similarity to our goddess makes me sick. Also, Cardi is holding a shoe in her picture. In hinduism, wearing shoes near idols of our gods or into temples is considered disrespectful, so Cardi is completely oblivious, but she thinks that she is some super amazing person for this.
— SK⚡️ (@raptalkSK) November 11, 2020
In response to the outcry, Cardi hopped on Instagram Live to apologize and talk through what happened. "When I did the Reebok shoot, the creatives were telling me, 'You're going to represent a goddess. She represents strength, femininity, and liberation,' and that's something that I love and that I'm all about and I thought that it was dope," she said.
"If people think I'm offending their culture or their religion, I want to say I'm sorry. That was not my intent," she added. "I do not like disrespecting nobody's religion. I wouldn't like people to offend my religion... I wasn't trying to be disrespectful. Maybe I should have done my research and I'm sorry. I can't change the past but I'm gonna do more research for the future."
Pt 2 pic.twitter.com/hVMXAVvc2A
— The Popular Table (@PopularCardiB) November 11, 2020
Pt 4 I knew cardi really ain’t do her research in that’s her fault she ain’t come up with the concept of the shoot the director did so y’all dragging her for a concept she didn’t come up with witch I still don’t find a problem with the shoot but here go y’all apology let it go 😘 pic.twitter.com/LDBxf1RIdi
— The Popular Table (@PopularCardiB) November 11, 2020
Footwear News also caught wind of the backlash and pulled the entire cover as a result. Addressing the controversy, they wrote:
"Yesterday we posted content from our exclusive Cardi B cover shoot. One of the images was intended to pay homage to Hindu goddess Durga, and our intent was to show a powerful woman. However, we realize we were not considerate of certain cultural and religious perspectives and how this could be perceived as deeply offensive. We take full accountability for this oversight and we apologize. It is important we learn from this example and are sensitive to this sort of religious imagery when creative discussions are taking place in the future. Today, we’re releasing another cover from the shoot that was a subscriber exclusive."
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