This disgusting person blatantly told our kids no then proceeded to hug the little white girl next to us." She continued, "Then when I went to complain about it, they looking at me like I’m crazy. We were on our way out of Sesame Place and the kids wanted to stop to see the characters. In the caption of an Instagram post, the mother stated, "I’m going to keep posting this, because this had me hot. The costumed individual can be audibly heard saying "no" as the children try to get share a moment with the character.
After doing so, the character intentionally interacted with other non-Black girls next to them. In video footage captured by a Black mother identified as Jodi on social media, one of the popular sesame street characters Rosita is seen refusing to high five two young Black girls by waving them away. Sesame Place is a themed amusement and water park that brings to life the characters and environment of educational children's show Sesame Street.
The Black woman who filmed her said she asked the white woman to stop cursing in front of the kids and the white woman responded by telling her to go back where she came from.This past weekend, the beloved children's park Sesame Place in Philadelphia came under fire for racism after evidence surfaced of a character blatantly ignoring two Black children during a parade in the park. A few years ago at another Pennsylvania Sesame Place, an angry-for-whatever-reason white woman was filmed using profanity and making obscene gestures in front of children (some of whom can be heard crying) at the park. It’s worth mentioning that this isn’t the first time Sesame Place was involved in an issue dealing with allegations of racism. The park also said it has apologized to the family and invited them back for “a special meet-and-greet opportunity with our characters.” Sounds like Rosita only had trouble seeing certain children. The statement also doesn’t address the mother’s claim that the employee passed up her girls and then hugged a white girl next to them. In fairness to Sesame Place, the video is shot from across the street, so you cant hear any potential conversation between parents and whoevers in the Rosita costume. And if what the statement says is true, they might want to think about a wardrobe design change if the costumed employees at a children’s theme park are having problems seeing *checks notes* children. So, whoever wrote up that statement must think we don’t have eyes and can’t see the character look down directly at the two girls before flashing a “no” gesture. Sesame Place on Thursday offered a new apology to the family of the two young Black girls who were seemingly snubbed by a costumed character at the park, this time saying park officials wholeheartedly apologize and renewing a pledge to institute mandatory diversity training. “Like, are you serious? You’re not going to speak to my child? And did you see that baby’s face at the end? The little one with the pink on? She deserves an explanation.” “Okay so had that been me, that whole parade would have been in flames,” Rowland said in a video posted to her Instagram stories. Speaking of which, singer Kelly Roland weighed in on the video by essentially saying the park would have met its destiny if this happened to her child. Of course, the amusement park and this unidentified employee got dragged up and down social media for their treatment of these two precious children because seriously -how are you going to be a theme park character and ignore kids like they’re paparazzi photographers looking for Beyoncé instead of children looking for a hug. Jodi said she asked other staff members about the identity of the employee and asked to speak to the manager, but she was told they didn’t know who was in the costume. “Then when I went to complain about it, they looking at me like I’m crazy.”
“THIS DISGUSTING person blatantly told our kids NO then proceeded to hug the little white girl next to us!” she wrote.
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