TeeWhy-Hive: Cosmopolitan Magazine Under Fire For Calling The Kardashian / Jenner Clan “America’s First Family”

Cosmopolitan Magazine Cover Under Fire For Calling Kardashian Jenner America First Family

For their 50th anniversary issue, Cosmpolitan Magazine tapped the six Jenner/Kardashian women as their cover stars. While it’s a beautiful family photo featuring Khloe, Kourtney, Kim, Kris, Kylie, and Kendall in crisp white shirts, the cover line dubbing the clan, “America’s First Family” has brought the magazine under considerable fire.

Egregious click bait aside, we thought it’d behoove the glossy to do a quick fact check. America’s First family?

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, sit for a family portrait in the Oval Office, Dec. 11, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.Ê

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While Cosmo is no doubt hoping to sell issues, dubbing the Kardashian/Jenners “America’s First Family,” particularly at a time when the actual first family of the United States happens to be the first-ever black first family, seems woefully disrespectful.

This is also why your editorial staff cannot be full of white girls. Or that one Black person who is afraid of losing her job.
— Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) October 5, 2015