Like her fellow pop stars Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry can't seem to stay in the spotlight without causing controversy. Just last November, the 29-year-old pop dressed up as a geisha for her performance at the America Music Awards, which many felt was a questionable choice for Perry.
Now a photo has surfaced on social media of Katy Perry performing alongside some rather voluptuous mummies, ones some people believe resemble black women. It'll be pretty difficult for Perry to pull a Macklemore and say the costumes weren't pre-meditated, because they're being used for her "Prismatic World Tour." As with anything slightly controversial, Twitter had something to say about the photo, which we traced back to her London performance at The 02 Arena in late May. How it lasted this long without being found is beyond our comprehension. But now that it's out, Katy Perry's mentions aren't safe.
Katy Perry intersperses Cartoon Barbie between Racist Stereotype Barbie to keep y'all from noticing how often she relies on appropriation.
— Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) June 10, 2014
Mummies, "Black" bodies, eye of Horus, ankh...Katy got Miley looking like she was up there singing "Brown Skin Lady!"
— The Jamilah (@JamilahLemieux) June 10, 2014
*slowly backs out of room, deletes "Katy Perry Tour Costume Designer" from resume*
— L.A.S (@SartoriallyInc) June 10, 2014
can we be COMPLETELY honest? Katy Perry having people dressed as mummies is THE LEAST of black peoples problems
— Kodaq The Mastodon (@DJKayyOhh) June 10, 2014
Under those Katy perry mummy costumes there could be white black Chinese dancers. I just can't see how it's racist
— Kerrieann (@KERRIELROSE) June 10, 2014 x
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