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Beckhams under fire for son’s ‘insensitive’ tattoo

The teen had a tattoo to match his father's of the same design.
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The Beckhams have come under fire for their parenting again this week, after allowing their teenage son to have a controversial tattoo on his arm.

Brooklyn Beckham, 18, shared news of his inking on his Instagram page over the weekend, but not everyone is best pleased with it.

Mimicking his father David’s design of a Native America in traditional tribal headdress, some have suggested that the body art is insensitive and disrespectful.

“Why u gotta go and disrespect Indigenous people like that?'” one fan asked on Instagram.

“It’s not enough to wear our headdresses and our war paint to Coachella, y’all have to get a tattoo of a brown person on your arm because we’re ‘stoic and strong’ and apparently can’t represent ourselves? Yikes dude.”

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Another user added: “Ignorant white people with no regard for the violent history of indigenous peoples, for genocide that is still perpetuated today by society and government alike.

“We are not fictional characters from some far away time. We are not sensationalized and generalized images for you to tattoo onto your privileged white arm.”

Others asked straightforwardly if the British born teen had any Native American ancestry.

Of course, Brooklyn isn’t the first celebrity to come under fire for cultural appropriation. Pop singer Justin Bieber came under fire in 2012 for speaking out about his ‘Indian’ heritage.

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