Hmm For The We Can’t: BEYONCE Under Fire For Misappropriating Culture in HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND – Is Skimming Cross Culture Appropriate Or No?

serious about it.

BGs first #ChaiAndChat: Coldplay's #HymnForTheWeekend and cultural appropriation? https://t.co/FbcptPAiCZ pic.twitter.com/BaegQqxzqa

— Brown Girl Magazine (@BrownGirlMag) January 31, 2016

Whether Muslim, Indian, (and especially black/African American culture), while it may be fashionable, trendy or fun; on a serious note, all would be okay if the empathy and understanding of social and cultural issues and norms came with appropriating props for play.

With that, I believe we’d all be okay, right?

Now Indian guys everywhere want their wives to look like @Beyonce.. #HymnForTheWeekend 👳 pic.twitter.com/LKXXqIZbp8

— Binoj (@MyNameIsBinoj) January 29, 2016

https://twitter.com/MyNameIsBinoj/status/693162171610460160

Hey @coldplay collaborations with @Beyonce and @rihanna are great. Cultural Appropriation isn't. #HymnForTheWeekend pic.twitter.com/PjtE5B3prn

— Furquan Akhtar (@furquan) January 29, 2016