The lawsuit alleges four employees dressed as Sesame Street characters ignored Quinton Burns, his daughter Kennedi Burns and other Black guests during the meet-and-greet on June 18.
The lawsuit says"SeaWorld's performers readily engaged with numerous similarly situated white customers."
During a press conference held Wednesday, one of the family's attorneys, Malcolm Ruff, called for transparency from SeaWorld and for the company to compensate the Burns family. "She was ignored amongst a sea of other young white children who were able to interact, give hugs, high fives," Ruff said of Kennedi Burns, CBS Philly"Kennedi was forced to experience racism at the age of 5. This is unacceptable and we will not stand by and let this continue," Ruff added.
Lawyers for the Burns family are seeking compensatory and punitive damages in excess of $25 million, CBS Philly reports. They are also asking other families who may have also experienced bias to come forward.Trending News
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