{"id":96852,"date":"2017-04-04T22:43:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T02:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=96852"},"modified":"2017-04-04T22:43:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T02:43:45","slug":"kendall-jenners-protest-pepsi-spot-prompts-online-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/04\/kendall-jenners-protest-pepsi-spot-prompts-online-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall Jenner&#8217;s protest Pepsi spot prompts online backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96853\" style=\"width: 777px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17352473_1385313494862474_5344762495407586267_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96853\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17352473_1385313494862474_5344762495407586267_n.jpg\" alt=\"Model and Kardashian clan member Kendall Jenner's turn as a Pepsi-wielding protester has some on social media decrying the imagery as appropriation of the Black Lives Matter movement. (Photo; Kendall Jenner\/Facebook)\" width=\"777\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17352473_1385313494862474_5344762495407586267_n.jpg 777w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17352473_1385313494862474_5344762495407586267_n-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17352473_1385313494862474_5344762495407586267_n-768x949.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Model and Kardashian clan member Kendall Jenner&#8217;s turn as a Pepsi-wielding protester has some on social media decrying the imagery as appropriation of the Black Lives Matter movement. (Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KendallJenner\/photos\/a.295999047127263.68233.173567062703796\/1385313494862474\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Kendall Jenner\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Model and Kardashian clan member Kendall Jenner&#8217;s turn as a Pepsi-wielding protester has some on social media decrying the imagery as appropriation of the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLive for Now Moments\u201d video released Tuesday has Jenner in a platinum wig on a photo shoot when protesters amble by. She rips off her wig, smears away her lipstick and joins them, eventually handing an officer on the demonstration line a can of Pepsi. He gulps some down, and then grins as Jenner dances off with her new friends.<\/p>\n<p>Reaction on social media ranged from some saying the imagery was tone deaf, to it evoking a widely circulated photo of Black Lives Matter protester Leshia Evans last year in Louisiana. Evans was detained when she approached police at a demonstration in Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement late Tuesday night, Pepsi defended the ad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a global ad that reflects people from different walks of life coming together in a spirit of harmony, and we think that&#8217;s an important message to convey,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Model and Kardashian clan member Kendall Jenner&#8217;s turn as a Pepsi-wielding protester has some on social media &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":96853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[17476,2945],"class_list":["post-96852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-kendall-jenner","tag-pepsi","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}