Katy Perry's AMAs Performance Of 'Unconditionally' Sparks Controversy

Katy Perry's AMAs Performance Sparks Controversy

"Was Katy Perry's AMAs performance racist?" read the headline on Comsopolitan.com, following Perry's American Music Awards appearance on Sunday night. The 29-year-old singer performed her new single "Unconditionally" on the awards show while dressed in what Billboard.com described as "geisha-inspired clothing." The outfit and stage design prompted Vulture's Jesse David Fox to compare Perry's presentation to Miley Cyrus' oft-criticized MTV Video Music Awards spectacle from back in August. There were also tweets, like this one:

And this one:

But also this one:

cue "this katy perry performance is racist" tweets in 3, 2....

— Amanda Lucci (@alucci) November 25, 2013

Watch Perry's performance below.

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