Posted on 07/19/2022 8:50:36 PM PDT by MNDude
Sesame Place in Philadelphia was accused of racism after a mother posted a video purportedly showing someone dressed as the Rosita character ignoring her two Black daughters during a parade.
Ben Crump, the lawyer credited with winning the family of George Floyd the record $27 million civil settlement from the city of Minneapolis amid the trial for former police officer Derek Chauvin, reposted the video on Twitter and weighed in, writing: "This is absolutely HEARTBREAKING!"
"These two young Queens did NOT deserve to be blatantly singled out and ignored by this #SesameStreet character!" Crump said. "@SesamePlace MUST address their staff's disgusting behavior!"
The video shows the two Black girls, one stretching out her harms in excitement, waiting for the Rosita character to walk past them during a parade through the park, as an Elmo character waves from a float in the background. The Rosita character is seen high-fiving at least one child and an adult before shaking a finger no in a direction off-screen and then again gesturing "no" before passing the seemingly disappointed girls.
Other Twitter users chimed in against Sesame Place, including Leslie Mac, a digital strategist aligned with the Movement for Black Lives Electoral Justice Project, and HBO actor Wendell Pierce, who exclaimed: "WITNESS THE END OF INNOCENCE. WITNESS THE TRAUMA. This moment is violent, scarring, psychological abuse."
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They were drag queens?
I watched the video... not drag queens, dunno what that ‘tard lawyer flappin’ about.
Looked like a setup... I wonder what was behind those little girls
..and the Best Actress Emmy goes to:
HBO actor Wendell Pierce, who exclaimed: “WITNESS THE END OF INNOCENCE. WITNESS THE TRAUMA. This moment is violent, scarring, psychological abuse.”
Go green and ignore the queens.
You can tell he’s guilty just by the Boris Johnson hairdo 🤪
Not drag queens. Queens are what some black folks call black females.
Much ado about nuttin. Maybe the costumed character was distracted or rushing to keep pace with others in the parade. Mom needs to take that chip off hee shoulder before her daughters start seeing racism everywhere too.
Racist furball.
Get over it, hysterical mom.
I was in several parades in NYC. As a street character (we walk alongside the float and when the float stops, interact with the attendees), I never got a chance to touch all the hands that stretched out to me before we had to move on. There was nothing racist about it.
Your race card has been declined.
Not getting a hug from a fake character from sesame street is “This moment is violent, scarring, psychological abuse.”
My God what a disgrace these people are. With scum bags like Crump and every rabis “activist” destroying everything about black families it is no wonder the “black community” live lives of violence and out of control base emotion.
everyone one looking for a payout and racism is a good ploy
When forum shopping for big, ridiculous jury awards, Philadelphia is at the top of the list. Baby Mama’s gonna be rich for a year or two and soon be raising her grandchildren.
EC
this is ridiculous. and trauma?? LOL.
A lawsuit because a Sesame Street character didn’t hug your child among the thousands of children along the parade route. People need to publicly date that they can’t hug every single child because it would take 10 times longer and the parents need to tell their child oh well at least you got to see your favorite character. But to call this racism is absolutely outrageous
What happens if it turns out the actor in the Rosita costume was a person of color?
black
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