Highlights: Dr. Bernice King is no stranger to watching people on social media use her father’s legacy to score a point. But this time, she’d clearly had enough of it.

On Wednesday, the daughter of the late-civil rights icon, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called out comedian Amy Schumer for implying that he would have supported Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip.

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    1 year ago

    She’s Jewish, the current actions of Isreal are causing a spike in anti Semitic stuff so she’s directly effected by the current political climate.

    She shared a video of Dr King talking about the state of Isreal in the 60s.

    Of course Jewish people are going to feel a certain way after a terrorist attack on a country created specifically for Jews.

    It’s pretty easy to see her perspective if you take two seconds to imagine someone else’s perspective. But that’s hard for many people I guess.

    She should still be criticized about this, but don’t pretend like she doesn’t get to have an opinion. That’s almost as ridiculous as what she did.