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Character Appears to Knock Over Child in Second ‘Racist’ Sesame Place Clip

A clip of a Sesame Place character seemingly knocking over a small youngster has emerged on social media after the power issued a public apology to a mom who claimed one among its staff shunned her kids.

On Sunday, footage posted by Instagram person @__jodiii__ of a Sesame Place (a Sesame Avenue theme park) parade the place two Black kids had been seemingly ignored by one of many characters went viral and sparked outrage on-line.

The primary incident befell on the Sesame Place theme park in Philadelphia and exhibits a Sesame Avenue parade the place two younger women with outstretched arms wait to be approached by the character Rosita. After high-fiving different individuals alongside the parade route, the character waves her hand on the two women and walks away.

The ‘Sesame Avenue’ character Rosita and social media footage of a personality seemingly knocking over a baby.
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“We had been on our manner out of Sesame Place and the children wished to cease to see the characters. THIS DISGUSTING particular person blatantly informed our children NO then proceeded to hug the little white lady subsequent to us!” the video’s caption reads.

Now, a second clip, initially posted by TikTok person @frobabies has emerged which exhibits the Sesame Place character Honker, strolling right into a small Black youngster till they fall to the bottom.

“Unsure who’s in these @sesameplace costumes however that is fully unacceptable!” the caption reads.

Newsweek has tried to contact the poster by way of TikTok. The video has since been shared on Twitter by filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry who additionally tweeted his frustration on the scenario.

“Alright a number of individuals must reply for this racist habits in the direction of Black kids at @SesamePlace. WTF is that this. I am so pissed,” Cherry tweeted.

On Twitter, this clip has clocked up greater than 94,000 views on the time of writing, whereas on TikTok it has amassed greater than 428,000 views.

“Oh no! That is unacceptable,” reads one tweet, whereas one other commentator requested: “What the hell was that?!?”

Newsweek has contacted Sesame Place for remark relating to this second video of Honker.

Sesame Place Philadelphia formally responded to the claims made within the Rosita video with a press release on Monday that defended the habits of its worker, saying Rosita’s shunning of the 2 women was not racially motivated.

“The costumes our performers put on generally make it tough to see at decrease ranges and generally our performers miss hug requests from visitors,” the theme park mentioned.

“The performer portraying the Rosita character has confirmed that the ‘no’ hand gesture seen a number of instances within the video was not directed to any particular particular person, quite it was a response to a number of requests from somebody within the crowd who requested Rosita to carry their youngster for a photograph, which isn’t permitted.”

Sesame Place claims that “the Rosita performer didn’t deliberately ignore the women and is devastated concerning the misunderstanding.”

The park additionally launched a press release to Newsweek saying that they “sincerely apologize to the household for his or her expertise in our park on Saturday; we all know that it is not okay.”

“We’re taking actions to do higher. We’re dedicated to creating this proper,” the assertion continued.

“We’ll conduct coaching for our staff in order that they higher perceive, acknowledge and ship an inclusive, equitable and entertaining expertise to our visitors. For over 40 years Sesame Place has labored to uphold the values of respect, inclusion and belonging. We’re dedicated to doing a greater job making kids and households really feel particular, seen and included once they come to our parks.”

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