Midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, the Busch Entertainment park was 7 acres, cost an estimated $10 million, and was targeted to children age 3-13.
“I’m still waiting on answers from when your character slapped my little cousin!!” the Facebook user wrote, tagging Sesame Place.1984 shirt for Sesame Place Olympics, open to elementary schoolsĪ Sesame Place theme park opened in Irving, Texas in 1982, but didn't find success, closing in 1984. Meanwhile, on Facebook, a Philadelphia woman shared a video of the “Sesame Street” character Bert “slapping” a black girl at the park. This is sick to have these people behind them costumes, hurting these kids. This is supposed to be a safe/ friendly environment for children. After seeing all these videos I’m sure it was done on purpose. “I was furious on this day waited hours for the manager that never came out,” the unnamed parent told “We ended up leaving. Instagram/falana003Ī separate clip shows the character Honker aggressively walking up to a black toddler before pushing her to the ground. Instagram/falana003 The employee in the costume instead bends down to wrap a white child in a warm embrace. One black person sent in footage of her niece trying in vain to get a hug from the Muppet back in 2019. However, Rosita doesn’t seem to be the only Sesame Place character exhibiting problematic behavior toward black visitors at the park. “This was 2019 before the pandemic!!” the sender wrote. One person sent in footage of their black niece trying in vain to get a hug from the Muppet, who instead reached down to wrap a white child in a warm embrace. post shared by FROBABIES®️ appears that Rosita’s snubbing of black children may not just be confined to recent weeks. Investigate this pattern.” Snubbed: One video shows an employee inside the Rosita character costume ignoring an excited black girl at the Pennsylvania park on July 10. Lola ran up to her saying ‘ROSITA!’ The character went out of their way to change course and Immediately after hugged and took a pic with a little white girl. “June 24th, a family was standing with their and it appears as if they are being ignored as well,” the account owner wrote beneath one of the videos.Īnother angry parent told “She ignored Lola TWICE last Sunday (July 10). The incident isn’t an isolated one, with the account sharing two other shocking clips similarly showing Rosita ignoring black children. Moore said she later comforted her son, saying, “I gave him a big hug and told him I loved him.” It comes after the theme park faced accusations of racism after a video showing an employee ignoring two black girls went viral over the weekend. He didn’t understand why Rosita didn’t give him a high-five or at least wave at him.”Ī post shared by FROBABIES®️ Several new videos of Sesame Place characters seeming to snub black children are being shared on social media. “To see the look on my son’s face after he was ignored and overlooked was devastating. “It was heartbreaking,” Moore said of the moment Rosita snubbed her toddler. The boy’s mom, Cydney Moore, told The Post that she and her family flew from North Carolina specifically to visit Sesame Place, as “Sesame Street” is her 2-year-old son’s “favorite show.” One heartbreaking video shows an excited black boy being ignored by an employee dressed up as Sesame Street’s Rosita - the same character who snubbed the black girls in the original viral clip. The Post has reached out to Sesame Place for comment. The videos - several of which were recorded by other black visitors to the Pennsylvania park in recent weeks - were shared by the popular Instagram account which posed the question: “Is this a pattern?” Sesame Place is facing accusations of racism after a viral video showed an employee snubbing two black girls at the Pennsylvania theme park last weekend.ĭefenders of the “Sesame Street” establishment said the incident may have been an unintentional one-off, but several other clips have surfaced showing similarly problematic behavior. Sesame Place promises bias training after viral ‘racist’ video, family hires lawyer Girls snubbed by Sesame Place character ‘shattered’ amid racism allegations New video shows Sesame Place characters ignoring young black girl, family suing for $25Mīlack family sues Sesame Place for $25M, alleging discrimination
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