Activists have revealed videos documenting the racist attitudes of their children and relatives of performance dolls in the branches of "Sesame" parks in the United States, after the platforms issued a racist attitude that a child and her friend faced during a festive procession in the park in Pennsylvania.
Activists posted on social networking sites several clips - some dating back to previous years - showing that the "Sesame World" show dolls were ignored for black children only.
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In one of the clips, one of the performance dolls pushes a brunette girl who was running excitedly to shake hands with the doll that dropped her to the ground.
It is noteworthy that the wave of criticism against "Sesame" parks was raised on July 17, after the American activist Leslie Mac published a video clip of the performance doll's refusal to shake hands with her daughter, despite the demands of white children to shake hands and play, during a celebration held in the park in Philadelphia.
#BabyPaige & her cute lil friends went to @SesamePlace this weekend to celebrate Paige's 4th birthday & this is how #SesamePlace treated these beautiful Black children.
I'm HOT.
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— Leslie Mac (@LeslieMac) July 17, 2022
As a result of the great spread of the clip published by Mac, the official account of “Sesame Park” on Instagram published a statement confirming that the reason for ignoring the two girls was because the person who was wearing the doll’s costume could not see the two little girls, because of his outfit.
In their statement, the officials said that the person did not mean to ignore the two girls, and they also expressed their apologies to the family, and asked them to come again to have a special reception and the opportunity to meet with Sesame World personalities.
However, this apology was not convincing for some citizens who witnessed racist attitudes and discrimination with their relatives and children, so they published these clips on social networking sites and demanded an end to discrimination against black children.
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On the other hand, a press conference was held yesterday, Wednesday, near Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind "Sesame Street" in New York, and the legal team of the two children's families said that they are calling for the immediate dismissal of the employee who ignored the two girls, stressing that it is time for accountability.
They also described what happened in Sesame Park last Saturday, and the months and years that preceded it, as "completely disgusting and unacceptable."