{"id":20107,"date":"2022-07-20T10:56:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sesame-place-apologizes-after-viral-video-appears-to-show-mascot-refusing-to-high-five-2-young-black-girls-cbs-philly\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:56:45","slug":"sesame-place-apologizes-after-viral-video-appears-to-show-mascot-refusing-to-high-five-2-young-black-girls-cbs-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sesame-place-apologizes-after-viral-video-appears-to-show-mascot-refusing-to-high-five-2-young-black-girls-cbs-philly\/","title":{"rendered":"Sesame Place Apologizes After Viral Video Appears To Show Mascot Refusing To High-Five 2 Young Black Girls \u2013 CBS Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"
LANGHORNE, Pa. (CBS) \u2014 On Wednesday morning, we’re hearing from a mother who posted a viral video that appears to show a character at Sesame Place snubbing two young Black girls. The video has well over 500,000 views.<\/p>\n
And the mom who took it is now speaking out.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong>Philadelphia Officials Address Grim Milestone As City Reaches 300 Homicides In 2022<\/p>\n She said she couldn’t believe what happened at Sesame Place recently. The video appears to show an employee dressed up in character \u2014 and refusing to high-five two young Black children.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fact that this even happened, the fact that this is going to be a core memory for them when it comes to Sesame Place, it’s actually disgusting and unbelievable to me,\u201d Jodi Brown said.<\/p>\n Brown says her daughter and niece were sad after what happened at Sesame Place, so she posted this video on Instagram on Saturday.<\/p>\n Brown said the character Rosita was walking a parade route, high-fiving and hugging other children, but intentionally ignored her daughter and her niece. She believes it was because of the color of their skin.<\/p>\n Sesame Place officials though are claiming it was a misunderstanding.<\/p>\n Brown just wants Sesame to take accountability for what happened.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I first posted the picture the following day, they sent me a message to call to speak to a manager, she was supposed to call me back, and I haven’t received a phone call back since the whole situation went viral,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Secret Service Gives Thousands Of Documents To January 6 Committee, But Hasn’t Yet Recovered Potentially Missing Texts<\/p>\n Sesame Place is claiming this was all a misunderstanding, and that the performer inside the Rosita costume is devastated by the controversy.<\/p>\n Officials from Sesame Place say the motion Rosita can be seen making is her actually turning down another mom, who wanted her infant picked up, which is not permitted.<\/p>\n Sesame Place acknowledged Tuesday it’s aware of the incident, saying in a statement it’s \u201ctaking actions to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe sincerely apologize to the family for their experience in our park on Saturday; we know that it’s not OK. We are taking actions to do better. We are committed to making this right,\u201d a spokesperson said in a statement. \u201cWe will conduct training for our employees so they better understand, recognize and deliver an inclusive, equitable and entertaining experience to our guests. For over 40 years Sesame Place has worked to uphold the values \u200b\u200bof respect, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to doing a better job making children and families feel special, seen and included when they come to our parks.\u201d<\/p>\n Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street and licensed partner of Sesame Place, called what happened \u201cunacceptable\u201d and instructed Sesame Place workers to undergo bias training.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n
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