Kylie Jenner, the youngest Kardashian/Jenner has found herself in the middle of a controversy after pictures emerge of her giving her friend a birthday cake decorated with the N-word.
Kylie Jenner has found herself in the middle of a controversy after making a N-word cake. Recently, Kylie Jenner hosted a party for her best friend Jordyn Woods’ 18th birthday last week where a cake was displayed with the message, “Happy Birthday Nigga.” Jenner says she was not responsible for the cake and posted a photo on Instagram of an inoffensive cake along with the caption: “My cute little cake to Jordyn the other day. The other one was not my gift.”
Now, we don’t know who actually sent Woods that N-word cake–that Kylie proudly snapchatted to her millions of followers–but she didn’t seem to be offended by any of this. In fact, she seemed to enjoy it, sharing images and videos of the birthday cake on various social media accounts. Kylie Jenner made it seem like it was not a big deal.
My cute little cake to Jordyn the other day. The other one was not my gift ? pic.twitter.com/PEw5HJErCO
— Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) September 24, 2015
Recently, The Daily Beast wrote a critique of the situation, and blamed the evolving issue of racism in America on “your white friends.” Author Stereo Williams said people of color who have white friends who don’t acknowledge your race in a new modern, color-blind society are giving the very issue they wish to pretend donesn’t exisit, because it’s so horrible, are making the situation worse. He says, “This is just a case of deep cultural denial and young people shouldn’t allow themselves to be lulled into that kind of denial.” He argues Americans chose to emerge from the 1950s Civil Rights movement with the assertion that racism no longer exists. But, as he points out, the overwhelming black and Latino prison population, skewed drug-laws and other issues, offer strong evidence that racism is still alive.
Without diving head first into the issue, we should all agree that racism still exists in America, and that the n-word has deep roots in the country. The N-word has been used as a derogatory term against blacks for over 200 years.
