Sesame Place initially apologized, claiming the performer couldn’t see the girls because of the costume and was shaking their head at other attendees who were asking for photos with their kids, which is not allowed. But, more videos have since surfaced...
More videos have emerged of a Sesame Place character seemingly ignoring Black kids, a day after theThe videos surfaced after a clip of two Black girls watching theover the weekend, showing Rosita, an aqua blue monster, seemingly snubbing them to give high-fives to white children.
With the video, the user posted the caption, “Now, I’m not saying #Rosita is racist.. but whoever is under this/those masks sure is curving a bunch of brown kids..She ignored Lola TWICE last Sunday. 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. Investigate this pattern.”
“Obviously, [the girls] were confused,” LaMarr said. “They were in a lot of stress—the whole family.” “The family wants a couple of things,” he said. “[T]hey want a public, formal apology. They want something that is genuine, authentic… Acknowledge what happened and investigate it and take the appropriate action.”
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