When Khloé Kardashian posted a meme to her Instagram account Tuesday, Nov. 11, we have to wonder what she was thinking. The image featured Khloé with her sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashian all wearing white. It was captioned, "The only KKK ever to let black men in," and Khloé's comment was one word: "True."
That is all it took to light up a debate that is still growing strong today. Making any comparison or reference to the Ku Klux Klan, an extremist white supremacist group, is thought to be in really bad taste.
Khloé's post grabbed more than 405,000 likes and 26,000 comments in only two hours. While many of her supporters suggested that people just lighten up a little and see the humor in the actual reference, an equal number were offended by the comment. Many people believe the KKK never belongs as a punchline in any joke. Others totally got the fact that both Khloé and Kim have caught heat for only dating dark-skinned men.
There's also the slight possibility that Khloé did not actually realize the severity of what KKK stands for. While that seems like a crazy stretch, you just never know, right? Any way you look at it, by posting that simple meme yesterday Khloé touched off a ton of controversy, and in doing so she has made sure everyone is talking about her today. That is a pretty huge accomplishment when you consider that Kim's butt-naked Paper cover dropped last night. Khloé has kept her clothes on and is somehow just as relevant as Kim this morning!
What are your thoughts on Khloé's KKK post? Was it pure stupidity or was she seeing the misguided humor in it? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.
