Blake Lively Under Fire Over ‘Racist’ Instagram Post From Cannes Film Festival

Was the actress's comment cultural appropriation?
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Blake Lively has come under fire from critics, following an Instagram post that some people have branded racist.

After appearing at Cannes Film Festival to promote her new film ‘Cafe Society’, Blake shared a photo of herself on the red carpet on the social media site, adding the caption: “L.A. face with an Oakland booty.”

L.A. face with an Oakland booty

A photo posted by Blake Lively (@blakelively) on

The words are a quote from the Sir Mixalot track ‘Baby Got Back’, and refers to Oakland, an area of California that is considered to be traditionally African American, and Los Angeles.

Since Blake uploaded the snap, a number of Instagram and Twitter users have accused her of racism, and in a lengthy comment, one unhappy commentator says: “This is kinda offensive, but most white people don't care if they offend black people.

“Hell, they've done far worse things to black people in the past and are still doing horrific things to black people now. I like Blake Lively but that doesn't mean that she is excluded from being corrected.

"Who cares if she was quoting a song. In this context, it's as if she's talking about black women's ass, because they are known to have a naturally fuller ass than white women.”

Meanwhile, Twitter users have also come out against her remark:

Another day, another rich white woman using WOC's bodies as a punchline and commodity. As if Blake Lively wasn't the worst already.

— Kat Bee (@katbeee) May 18, 2016

Blake Lively that post was so problematic, disappointed in you S. xoxo gossip girl.

— queen (@sarabaae) May 18, 2016

Wow I'm so disappointed in myself for liking Blake Lively. You can never trust the whites.

— ™ (@AVISKINSWEAT) May 18, 2016

@blakelively instead of using WOC's bodies as a punchline wy don't you go back to living your white privileged life??

— Makayla Cole (@MakaylaCole3) May 18, 2016

Who is Blake Lively's publicist, and has he/she been asleep for the past week while Blake's been at #Cannes being #problematic?

— JuliaRyan (@JuliaRyan) May 18, 2016

Blake Lively is so problematic lately, but at least she's no one's fav pic.twitter.com/W1hWY6AKLG

— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) May 18, 2016

However, some have suggested that Blake is being targeted unfairly:

This Blake Lively controversy really feels like we are stretching and dissecting it waaaaayyyyyyy too much. Or am I missing something?

— Kenny Hamilton (@KennyHamilton) May 19, 2016

Blake Lively quoting Baby Got Back isn't "appropriation of culture", it's her quoting a classic hit song. Come on.

— Ally Burnett (@AllyBurnett) May 18, 2016

this is just ridiculous. HOW is Blake Lively a racist! just because she quoted Sir-Mix-a-lot on Instagram.

— Karl Compton (@KarlJCompton) May 19, 2016

This isn’t the first time the actress has landed herself in hot water, and earlier this week, she raised eyebrows by stating that she believes Woody Allen - who has been accused of sexually abusing his daughter - “empowers women”.

Back in 2012, her wedding to Ryan Reynolds also hit headlines for the wrong reasons, due to the fact they got hitched on a former slave plantation.

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