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By Gerry Cupido 
10h ago
For British singer Adele, 2020 has been her year.
Images have emerged this year revealing the 32-year-old’s increasingly slimmer figure.
On Sunday, she posted a photo of her in a string bikini with a Jamaican flag print and black and white tie-dye leggings that showed exactly what people wanted to see.
The Instagram post simply read: “Happy what would be the Notting Hill Carnival, my beloved London.”
Although most of her fans were proud of her transformation, some were more verbal about the fact that she was wearing a Jamaican flag, as well as her hair in Bantu knots.
Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event that is important to black British culture.
Regardless of the fact that Adele was apparently paying homage to black culture by styling her hair in Bantu knots, a hairstyle worn predominantly by black women, and wearing the Jamaican flag, this caused a lot of outrage among the black social media community.
Many accused her of cultural appropriation.
Authur Frederick Joseph tweeted: “Blacks have been through enough in 2020.”
“Black people have been through a lot in 2020.”
Adele: pic.twitter.com/4RwWF7B0Ou
– Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) August 30, 2020
Followed by the following tweet:
White people: “It is not appropriation, it is appreciation.”
The blacks defend them: “Yes, everyone complains about everything.”
The question: pic.twitter.com/D3t0HWvRQu
– Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) August 31, 2020
Another black author expressed outrage by stating the following in his Twitter post: “ If 2020 couldn’t get weirder, Adele is giving us Bantu knots and cultural appropriation that no one asked for. ”
If 2020 couldn’t get any stranger, Adele is giving us Bantu knots and cultural appropriation that no one asked for.
This officially marks all of the major white pop women as troublesome.
I hate to see it. pic.twitter.com/N9CqPqh7GX
– Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) August 30, 2020
However, on the other hand, there were followers who came to her defense and saw nothing wrong with her choice of outfit.
These are some of the tweets:
How do non-Jamaicans get mad at Adele when Jamaicans aren’t even mad? This is a normal carnival outfit. Let Adele sing HELLO PON DI ADA SIDE pic.twitter.com/zwec9Ssq3i
– UNCENSORED ICON 💡✋ (@ SOUNDMOUTH1) August 31, 2020
Everyone who disrespects Adele for participating in the Notting Hill Carnival experience is an idiot. You should support Carnival like her. I HATE bullies.
– Donae’O (@donaeo) August 31, 2020
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