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What is Kylie Jenner’s ethnicity? Kardashian sister accused of blackfishing again

Kylie Jenner has been accused of styling her hair in braids and using a darker makeup in order to look Black in the past

There is rarely a day when Kylie Jenner doesn’t make headlines and the elite socialite managed to raise a few eyebrows again for all the wrong reasons after she got accused of blackfishing. And, of course, this is not the first time the entrepreneur is facing the heat for the same. Kylie Jenner posted a video on one of her Instagram stories last week with looking 10 shades darker that irked the social media users.

The Kardashian sister was all of a sudden trending on Twitter on Monday, October 25 after somehow her video resurfaced on the Internet. This is not the first time when the supermodel caught flak for trying to be Black. She has been accused of styling her hair in braids and using darker makeup in order to look Black in the past. Former Little Mix member Jesy Nelson was in the news recently for the same. She, however, came forward to address the controversy saying, “I personally want to say that my intention was never, ever to offend people of color with this video and my song because like I said, growing up as a young girl, this is the music that I listened to” adding that she loves Black culture.
 
 
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What is Kylie Jenner’s ethnicity?

In the resurfaced video originally posted by Kylie last week on her Instagram, she can be seen sitting in a car while donning a stunning all-black outfit. The 24-year-old entrepreneur flaunts her baby bump as she changes camera angles. In the video, Kylie appears to be darker as compared to in real life that did not go down well with the social media users.

Speaking of her ethnicity, the website Cheatsheet reports that Kylie's ancestry is English but also includes a bit of Scottish, Irish, Dutch, German, and Welsh. The Kardashian sisters are reportedly a mix of Armenian and Western European descent. If the report published by the website Ethnic Celebs is to be believed, Kylie’s paternal grandfather was William Hugh Jenner, who was the son of Hugh Burton Jenner and Bertha Mary Cunningham or Yarn. William was apparently born in Canada and Kylie’s great-grandfather Hugh was born in Saint John, Canada. Bertha too was from Canada from a place called Newfoundland and Labrador and she was the daughter of George Yard and Charlotte Day. According to the same website, Kylie’s matrilineal line can be traced to her great-great-great-great-grandmother, S. Margaret “Maggie” Gray, who was born in 1833, in Mississippi.

‘Clearly she’s trying to look Black’, claims Twitter

Kylie had to face the wrath of the Internet after her video got viral for all the wrong reasons. “Is she white? or is she considered white? was she already considered black for promotional or branding purposes? We live in very complex times”, said one user as another claimed, “Something is serious wrong!”  One individual tweeted, “Her baby daddy is black so it's all good.”
 
The next one shared, “Wow wearing dark makeup just like that idiot sis kim! Your white not black just tell your child the truth stop embarrassing your self & the kid!!” Whereas, another added, “Kylie must have forgotten that she is not black, her daughter and boyfriend are. Someone, please remind her. Smh.” One posted, “Some people are so dumb. Clearly she’s trying to look black.” Another person thought Kylie was being targeted unfairly, “I'm dressing as a clown for Halloween. Are clowns gona complain im clownfishing? The world is getting ridiculous.” Meanwhile, one concluded, “Look at the picture.  It's obvious, Kylie is trying to look Black.  Why else is she 10 shades darker than her natural color? Ain't no suntan.”