, an Instagram account dedicated to fashion industry commentary, re-posted the fitness account's videos of the retreat, which it said featured"a gang of seemingly cloned, pony-tailed white women.""Among the sisterhood-fostering activities like hot air balloon rides, chef-prepared organic meals , and dancing 'round a tree of life, they also managed to use the local Maasai people not only as a backdrop, but as literal props in their fitness routines," the account wrote.
A comment on the post from Instagram user @tracy_njeri hit back at the videos, which she said"ridiculed" the tribesmen as they were"relegated to play in the background." "As an African woman I am tired of seeing my people relegated to play in the background," the user wrote."As a Kenyan woman it enrages me to see my people being used as PROPS, being ridiculed in his posts, being used to be their personal"cheerleaders" asking them to perform their traditional jump/dance to add to the"atmosphere" of their workouts.
"It has been rightly pointed out that far from promoting a positive meeting of opposing cultures, we may have instead unintentionally played into a racial history of 'othering,'" the apology added.
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