They denounce that in the Sesame Street parks they have racist attitudes towards children: the videos that would prove it

In the Sesame Street theme parks in the United States, there have been rare situations that bind local employees with the African American children who visit it. How come? In the last few hours, several videos of Sesame Place dolls that allegedly attacked or ignored some young people have gone viral..

In one of the videos you can see how a disguised person appears to attack a child. Another clip shows a doll slapping him, as a joke? to an Afro-descendant teenager. A third shows how Rosita doesn’t want to greet two girls.

In this latest video, the woman who would be the mother of the little ones told the details of what she experienced that day in the Philadelphia park and, according to TMZ, contacted a lawyer to start a lawsuit against the company.

“We were leaving Sesame Place and the girls wanted to stop and see the characters. This disgusting person blatantly told her NO and then she continued to hug the white girl next to us! ”, The woman wrote on Instagram.

“Then when I went to complain, they looked at me like I was crazy. I asked the lady (a park employee) who the character was and asked to see a supervisor and she said she didn’t know! I’ll never set foot in @sesameplace again. “

Both parent company Sesame Workshop, producer of the Sesame Street series, and Philadelphia’s Sesame Place are aware of the incidents and networks of both brands. have posted long downloads referring to what happened and promising to make things right.

“We have been in contact with Sesame Place, our authorized park partner, and they assured us that they will conduct bias training and a thorough review of the ways they interact with families and visitors,” notes Sesame Workshop.

“As a non-profit global educational organization with a mission to help children grow smarter, stronger and kinder, Sesame Workshop has always advocated respect, inclusion and belonging and is committed to providing experiences engaging of the highest quality for all children and families. We keep our partners to the same high standards, ”she continues.

The message is completed with the promise that “appropriate measures will be taken and that incidents like this will not occur in the future”.

In the statement posted on the Sesame Place Philadelphia Instagram account, they focused on the Rosita episode. They reported that the man behind the character is devastated by what happened.

Apparently, underlines the message, the person behind Rosita denied that he wanted to avoid the girls and explained that he shook hands with his family because they asked him to hold the girls so they could photograph them, a practice prohibited in the park.

In turn, the statement makes it clear that transvestite people often have a hard time seeing what is far below them due to an impractical matter of costume.

In return, the company invited the girls’ family to hold a special meeting in the park.

On the other hand, a representative from Philadelphia’s Sesame Place assured TMZ about the Rosita doll that the park “will conduct training courses for our employees so that they understand, recognize and provide an inclusive, equitable and fun experience for our employees. visitors “.