A video showing Rosita, a beloved Sesame Street character, allegedly ignoring two little Black girls who reached out to the character is causing uproar across America.
It happened at the Sesame Park theme park near Philadelphia.
One of the girls’ mothers was furious, writing. “This disgusting person blatantly told our kids ‘no’ then proceeded to hug the little white girl next to us!”
Her post caused a firestorm in social media.
MSNBC’s Joy Reid says she received videos of similar incidents, including one that appeared to show Rosita breezing by another Black child.
“This whole ‘ignoring black children’ thing is a pattern with the Rosita character,”Reid wrote.
The little girl’s lawyer said that it was “absolutely”A deliberate snub.
“We don’t want to look to race as the justification for everything that goes wrong in our country. However, that’s the only logical deduction that we can make from it,”He said.
Sesame Plaza claims that it was an innocent mistake and that the performer in the Rosita costume has been devastated by the controversy.
Officials claim that Rosita’s gesture in the video was actually her refusing to take her baby to another mom. This is against the law.
“The costumes sometimes make it hard to see at lower levels,” Sesame Place said in a statement.
They claim to know what happened at the theme park “is not ok”It is. “taking actions to do better.”It also revealed that performers will receive additional training “to better understand, recognize and deliver an inclusive, equitable and entertaining experience.”They said they were sorry to the families and invited them all back to meet the characters.