A viral video led to demands for accountability after families called out employees' alleged refusal to engage with Black children.
many other posts showing park employees' alleged refusal to engage with Black children and led to a class-action lawsuit.The racial equity assessment will review company policies and practices and give internal and external stakeholders the chance to identify areas of improvement, Sesame PlaceThe company has also committed to having all employees participate in an anti-bias training and education program by the end of September.
National civil rights and DEI experts will oversee the new programming, including Debo P. Adegbile, a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and Joseph West, co-chair of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
"The actions we are taking will help us deliver on our promise to provide an equitable and inclusive experience for all our guests every day," Valeriano added.The Brown family, whose video went viral, is set to meet with SeaWorld CEO Marc Swanson alongside Rev. Jesse Jackson on Thursday to "address the deficiencies we have noted from this most recent press release," the family's attorney B’Ivory LaMarr said in a statement.
Another family based in Baltimore filed a class-action lawsuit against Sesame Place's parent company SeaWorld Parks in July, citing "pervasive and appalling race discrimination" related to costumed employees' alleged pattern of snubbing Black children. The Burns family seeks $25 million in compensation as well as accountability from SeaWorld in the form of policy reviews and changes.
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