Sexxy Red caught the attention of Martin Luther King's daughter, Bernice, after posting an AI-generated image of her dancing with the late civil rights icon.
Bernice initially asked Sexxy Red to "please delete" the post on X. Bernice stated that it's "intentionally distasteful, dishonoring, deplorable, and disrespectful to my family and my father, who is not here to respond himself because he was assassinated for working for your civil and human rights and to end war and poverty."
Sexxy Red responded to Bernice, and she explained that she initially didn't see the harm in reposting a photo she saw online.
She wrote, "You ain’t wrong, never meant to disrespect your family my apologies. Just resposted something I saw that I thought was innocent."
Bernice then told Sexxy Red, "Thank you for your apology, which I sincerely accept. Please know that it was not my intention that you be denigrated. I value you as a human being."
King added, "I hope you understand my concerns about the image. I know that my father has become a bit of a caricature to the world and that his image is often used with no regard to his family, his sacrificial work, or to the tragic, unjust way in which he died (a state-sanctioned assassination). Unfortunately, I regularly challenge the disregard. I earnestly wish that people would imagine what it would feel like to see their deceased, murdered father repurposed for party fliers, unjust legislation, etc. All the best to you, young lady."
Source: X
