The Who Says hitmaker wore a bindi, a forehead decoration traditionally used by women in South Asia for religious purposes, and danced seductively like a Bollywood star while singing her new tune Come & Get It - but some viewers were less than thrilled by her sultry act and took to Twitter.com to voice their outrage, prompting the term Cultural Appropriation to become a trending topic on the social networking site.
In a post, one fan wrote, "The bindi is not just some fashion accessory you can throw on," while another added, "Selena Gomez, take that bindi of (sic) your head, cultural appropriation is not cute."
A third follower tweeted, "CULTURAL APPROPRIATION AT IT'S FINEST, MY RESPECT FOR SELENA IS FADING AS WE SPEAK," while a fourth viewer wrote, "leave Bindis for Indian women."
The 20 year old has yet to respond to the criticism.
In a post, one fan wrote, "The bindi is not just some fashion accessory you can throw on," while another added, "Selena Gomez, take that bindi of (sic) your head, cultural appropriation is not cute."
A third follower tweeted, "CULTURAL APPROPRIATION AT IT'S FINEST, MY RESPECT FOR SELENA IS FADING AS WE SPEAK," while a fourth viewer wrote, "leave Bindis for Indian women."
The 20 year old has yet to respond to the criticism.
iv been trying to memorize selenas song a year without rain its kinda hard but just listen to it over and over again my sisters are probally tired of listening wich is kinda good for me so im gonna make them sick of it and its crazy who wouldnt like selena she is so awsome listen to her music all the time my favorites a year without rain and i love you like a love song baby for my 9th birthday i want to get tickets to one of her concerts i also think it is horrible that selena is getting married to justin
beiber that is if thats true cause justin sings like a girl so here is a song i hate justin beiber selena is the best so justin beiber stay away from selena and that is my song you might think this article is crazy but dont blame it on me blame it on beiber
beiber that is if thats true cause justin sings like a girl so here is a song i hate justin beiber selena is the best so justin beiber stay away from selena and that is my song you might think this article is crazy but dont blame it on me blame it on beiber