Sexyy Redd Apologizes To Bernice King Over AI-Generated Photo With MLK Jr.

Sexyy Redd has publicly apologized to Bernice King after she reposted a distasteful AI-generated photo of herself and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The photo, which has now been deleted, depicted the rapper and the iconic civil rights leader holding hands and gazing into each other’s eyes in a club setting.

Bernice tweeted:

This is 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.  

Please delete.

She added: 

Please don’t project your thoughts onto me. I don’t believe Sexyy Red to be a “degenerate,” “ghetto,” or “trash.”

I have spoken out in the past about the use of and comparison to either of my parents to denigrate other people. 

I just don’t understand this type of use of my father’s image (on #MLKDay, no less), in a way that does not convey what we know to be true about his service and sacrifice. 

Even if you disagree with him or with his tactics or even believe things said about him by people who hated him, why do this?

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Sexyy Redd responded: 

You ain’t wrong, never meant to disrespect your family my apologies. Just resposted something I saw that I thought was innocent 🙏🏾

Bernice King accepted the apology with grace:

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. 

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.

See the tweets below:

I’m happy to see that Sexyy Redd was receptive to and understanding of Bernice King’s feelings and stance on the matter, and that everything is now resolved.

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