Was Nicki Minaj’s SNL Performance Cultural Appropriation?

When Nicki Minaj took the stage to perform her hit song “Chun-Li” on the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live, “callout Twitter” rumbled with accusations of cultural appropriation and the fetishization of Asian culture.

While some, including a few Asian Americans, accused the rapstress of using stereotypical Asian imagery as a costume, others defended Minaj’s stage performance as harmless and inoffensive. The question remains:

Is Minaj guilty of appropriating Asian culture?