Last Updated on 07/21/2022 by てんしょく飯
A character’s behavior at Sesame Place, the theme park of the popular American children’s TV show “Sesame Street,” is causing controversy.
Children who asked for high-fives were ignored.
A video taken by a person who appears to be the mother of two black children at the theme park was recently posted on Instagram. In the video, children who approached Rosita, one of the characters from “Sesame Street,” and asked for a high-five were ignored.
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In the video, Rosita appears to ignore only the black children, although she hugs and responds to high-fives from the other children.
The mother who posted the video said, “I’m going to keep posting this video. I’m so angry.
The mother described the situation at the time: “We were just about to leave the park. But the children stopped to look at the characters,” she explained. “But this unfortunate person brusquely said ‘no’ to the children and hugged the white girl next to him,” she said.
The mother, annoyed by this response, asked the woman in the Rosita costume to meet her boss, but she replied that she did not know who her boss was.
The video posted by the mother received more than 380,000 views and spread to other social networking sites, attracting the attention of many people.
The comments section was flooded with criticism of the character’s response. Kelly Rowland, former member of the girl group Destiny’s Child, also responded to the news.
Kelly Rowland expressed her outrage on her Instagram page, saying, “Okay, if it had been me, this parade would have been on fire,” adding, “Really, ‘Seriously? I’m like, ‘Really? You don’t talk to black girls? Did you see her face? The one in pink. She should be told what happened.
Sesame Place released a comment on the situation. Sesame Place has released a comment on the situation, stressing that it was not intended to be racist.
In the comment, Sesame Place stated that the brand, the park, and its employees as a whole are aware of equality and inclusiveness, and explained that Rosita’s actions were not racist, but rather “a gesture to let people know that they cannot take pictures with their child in their arms.
He apologized to the family that posted the video, and suggested that they be invited to the park for a special time to interact with the characters.
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