Seneca Scott, the cousin of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife, Coretta Scott King, has slammed the newly unveiled statue of his family members in Boston.The 20-foot-high $20 million worth statue, called The Embrace, shows the famous hug between the civil rights leaders after Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.While speaking with The New York Post on January 15, Scott slammed the statue stating:“The mainstream media … was reporting on it like it was all beautiful, 'cause they were told they had to say that. But then when it came out, a little boy pointed out — ‘That’s a p**is!’ and everyone was like, ‘Yo, that’s a big old dong, man.’”He added that if the statute's layout had been shown in the neighborhood earlier, no one would have accepted it.Last year, Seneca Scott lost the mayoral election of Oakland. His grandfather's brother was Coretta's father. According to him, his grandfather was one of the 25 children of Jeff Scott, one of the wealthiest black landowners in Alabama. He had only met Coretta's father once before he died in 1996."This is an eyesore": Twitter backed Seneca Scott's reaction to MLK's statueKimberly Klacik@kimKBaltimoreIs it too late to add the heads?This is an eyesore. #mlksculpture115971Is it too late to add the heads?This is an eyesore. #mlksculpture https://t.co/igs9EFL4BMAfter the footage of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King's bronze statue being unveiled in Boston went viral, Twitteratis were left furious. Several users slammed the piece for being "aesthetically unpleasant," "hideous," "obscene," "terrible," etc., since it looked disproportionate from certain angles.Others were just trying to figure out what the sculptors were thinking when they recreated the embrace of the legendary couple.Rasheed N. Walters@rasheednwaltersGiven that I am not White, I am safe from ANY charges of racism for saying the MLK embrace statue is aesthetically unpleasant. The famous photo should have been a FULL statue of the couple and their embrace. What a huge swing and miss in honoring the Dr & Mrs King. SAD! #bospoli57361Given that I am not White, I am safe from ANY charges of racism for saying the MLK embrace statue is aesthetically unpleasant. The famous photo should have been a FULL statue of the couple and their embrace. What a huge swing and miss in honoring the Dr & Mrs King. SAD! #bospoli https://t.co/w8yqSjOfqsDave Q. 🇺🇸@DQuesadaWtf??? #mlksculpture93Wtf??? #mlksculpture https://t.co/ednfsZCDNbFrank J. Fleming@IMAO_That MLK statue looks obscene from certain angles, but when you see the whole thing you realize it’s supposed to depict the result of Martin Luther King Jr. and Corretta Scott King having gone through the teleporter in The Fly together.11619That MLK statue looks obscene from certain angles, but when you see the whole thing you realize it’s supposed to depict the result of Martin Luther King Jr. and Corretta Scott King having gone through the teleporter in The Fly together.Toad@TowerGangToadBoston makes an odd choice unveiling a new sculpture of MLK with his head blown off252Boston makes an odd choice unveiling a new sculpture of MLK with his head blown off https://t.co/IlsNuF14Ov..50 BOY DUKE‼️@Heir2ItAllOk tell me some bc I was soooooo confused and thoughts were everywhere!🥹 #MLKDay #mlksculpture11Ok tell me some bc I was soooooo confused and thoughts were everywhere!🥹 #MLKDay #mlksculpture https://t.co/BHIPsoiJoIChris ³³³ 🏎️💨💨💨@imsmoove_Me to this hideous MLK sculpture: twitter.com/i/web/status/1…136Me to this hideous MLK sculpture: twitter.com/i/web/status/1… https://t.co/Tq7uf7fO24Monie in The Middle@BeyStareBlack ppl do no protesting about shyt like this. A ridiculously large sculpture that is so ambiguous, it needs an explanation and back story every time someone looks at it. “Embrace” is nonsense and needs to be taken down. Where is BLM and the outrage?? #mlksculpture435Black ppl do no protesting about shyt like this. A ridiculously large sculpture that is so ambiguous, it needs an explanation and back story every time someone looks at it. “Embrace” is nonsense and needs to be taken down. Where is BLM and the outrage?? #mlksculpture https://t.co/Qt4r5O8QdzMarie Antoinette@ThatsMyBizness_I don't support vandalism, but... #mlksculpture192I don't support vandalism, but... #mlksculpture https://t.co/gHfeRLpMA9LindyMan@PaulSkallasThe new MLK sculpture in Boston looks terrible. I can't believe they tricked African Americans with the modern art nonsense. In Africa they're still making heroic sculpture2460130The new MLK sculpture in Boston looks terrible. I can't believe they tricked African Americans with the modern art nonsense. In Africa they're still making heroic sculpture https://t.co/AmIh8k6KRBThe Modern Heretic@TheModernHeret2Why is the new MLK sculpture in Boston so twisted and distorted? Because the new Racist Communist Left has twisted and distorted MLK’s anti-racism. Indeed they are using the Communist principle of equity (equality of outcome) as a pretext to justify racism.274Why is the new MLK sculpture in Boston so twisted and distorted? Because the new Racist Communist Left has twisted and distorted MLK’s anti-racism. Indeed they are using the Communist principle of equity (equality of outcome) as a pretext to justify racism. https://t.co/OgKKOtUCJ8Iris M. Crawford@IrisMCrawfordThe new #mlksculpture “The Embrace”. I feel terrible to say that this is so poorly executed. #MLKDay2023197The new #mlksculpture “The Embrace”. I feel terrible to say that this is so poorly executed. #MLKDay2023 https://t.co/BekYxU1GuQKara@kdeyermeI’m sorry but this new MLK sculpture in Boston is the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen 🫣645I’m sorry but this new MLK sculpture in Boston is the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen 😫🫣 https://t.co/T1MiLXLHxbSeneca Scott finds the newly unveiled MLK statue to be "insulting"In an essay penned for the online journal Compact, published on January 15, Seneca Scott blasted the sculpture for being an expensive but empty tribute.In the piece titled A Masturbatory 'Homage’ to My Family, he wrote:“For my family, it’s rather insulting. The sculpture is an especially egregious example of the woke machine’s callousness and vanity.”He further continued:“Ten million dollars were wasted to create a masturbatory metal homage to my legendary family members — one of the all-time greatest American families. … How could anyone fail to see that this … brings very few, if any, tangible benefits to struggling black families?”theJonathanEpps@theJonathanEppsIt’s really a shame about the new MLK sculpture because the photograph it’s based on of the Mr. and Mrs. is lovely264It’s really a shame about the new MLK sculpture because the photograph it’s based on of the Mr. and Mrs. is lovely https://t.co/7GZddduovVBoston released a call for artists to build this project in 2017 and eventually chose Hank Willis Thomas, a Brooklyn-based artist.On the city of Boston's website, it was noted that the sculpture was funded by a public/private fundraising partnership, though the exact amount spent by both parties is unknown. On his website, Thomas wrote about the sculpture, stating:“When we recognize that all storytelling is an abstraction, all representation is an abstraction, hopefully it allows us to be open to more dynamic and complex forms of representation that don’t stick us to narrative that oversimplifies a person or their legacy, and I think this work really tries to get to the heart of that.”On January 13, the statue was uncovered at an invitation-only event.