{"id":21489,"date":"2022-07-21T18:31:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T18:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/family-calls-for-sesame-place-to-fire-rosita-performer-new-apology\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T18:31:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T18:31:45","slug":"family-calls-for-sesame-place-to-fire-rosita-performer-new-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/family-calls-for-sesame-place-to-fire-rosita-performer-new-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Family calls for Sesame Place to fire Rosita performer, new apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Apology after Black girls snubbed at park parade\"\/>\n<ul class=\"gnt_ar_sh\">\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_sh_li\">A viral video of the Rosita character at Sesame Place visibly dismissing two Black girls has sparked outrage online.<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_sh_li\">The family is now calling on the theme park to fire the costumed performer, according to a press conference with their attorney held on Wednesday.<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_sh_li\">No lawsuits has been filed yet, but &#8220;all options are on the table,&#8221; the family&#8217;s lawyer B&#8217;Ivory LaMarr said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Outrage has spread after a viral video showed a costumed performer at Sesame Place visibly dismiss two 6-year-old Black girls on Saturday.  Now, the family is calling on the theme park to fire the employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the video, posted to Instagram by Jodi Brown, &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; character Rosita is shown high-fiving a white child and woman \u2013 but then gesturing \u201cno\u201d and walking away from Brown&#8217;s daughter and niece, who had their arms stretched out for a hug and high-five during the parade at Sesame Place in Langhorne, outside Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;THIS DISGUSTING person blatantly told our kids NO then proceeded to hug the little white girl next to us! Then when I went to complain about it, they looking at me like I&#8217;m crazy,&#8221; Brown wrote in her post Saturday.  \u201cI will never step foot in @sesameplace ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In a news conference Wednesday near Sesame Workshop, the New York nonprofit behind \u201cSesame Street,\u201d the family&#8217;s legal team called for the immediate firing of the employee who dismissed the two girls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">This week:<\/strong>Sesame Place park apologies after Rosita character appeared to dismiss two Black girls  <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Today is a day of accountability,&#8221; the family&#8217;s lawyer, Houston-based trial attorney B&#8217;Ivory LaMarr, said to reporters.  &#8220;What has taken place at Sesame Place this past Saturday, and the months and years prior, is utterly disgusting and unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">LaMarr&#8217;s law office confirmed to USA TODAY early Thursday that LaMarr had communicated with the counsel for Sesame Place but that no lawsuit had been filed yet.  Updates were expected in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;All options are on the table,&#8221; LaMarr said Wednesday.  &#8220;The last thing we want to do is file a argument. &#8230; This is not about money, but they do need to take responsibility and make sure these girls get the adequate care that they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_ig\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadInstagram\" data-v-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CgGAHtyFoHg\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=12&amp;wp=1116&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com\" aria-label=\"Instagram Embed\"><svg class=\"gnt_em_ig_bl_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_instagram\"\/><\/svg><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For now, the family&#8217;s attorney said Wednesday, the family is calling on Sesame Place to fire the employee, take care of the health and mental health expenses for the two girls after the incident, and issue a &#8220;genuine and authentic&#8221; apology \u2013 not a &#8220;watered-down&#8221; explanation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In an initial statement shared on social media Sunday, Sesame Place said that the park and its employees stand for \u201cinclusivity and equality in all forms&#8221; and that the &#8220;costumes our performers wear sometimes make it difficult to see at lower levels and sometimes our performers miss hug requests from guests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sesame Place added: &#8220;The Rosita performer did not intentionally ignore the girls and is devastated by the misunderstanding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">In California:<\/strong>What Sesame Place San Diego aims to do differently with autistic guests in mind  <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Still, many expressed outrage online, and some called for a boycott of the amusement park.  On Monday, the park issued a second statement, apologizing again and promising that it was \u201ctaking action to do better.&#8221; That action would include inclusivity training for employees, the park said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_tw\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadTwitter\" data-v-id=\"1549175425074708482\" aria-label=\"Twitter Embed\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cWe reject any notion that the performer&#8217;s actions this past Saturday was anything short of intentional.  I know our Black girls are magic, but I didn&#8217;t know that they were invisible.  We are tired of your excuses, we are tired of justifications,&#8221; LaMarr said Wednesday in response to Sesame Place&#8217;s statements. &#8220;We will not tolerate racism in this country.  &#8230; We most definitely will not tolerate it in our theme parks directed at our children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Brown and activist Tamika Mallory, co-founder of social justice organization Until Freedom, who also joined Wednesday&#8217;s news conference, strongly committed Sesame Street&#8217;s apologies for not taking further responsibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI feel like the apologies were not genuine,\u201d Brown, who was at the news conference with her niece Nylah, added on Wednesday.  \u201cMe, my niece and my daughter have all &#8230; discriminatory behavior which we should not have to endure in these days and times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">What&#8217;s everyone talking about?:<\/strong>Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day  <\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mallory said Sesame Place&#8217;s statements showed &#8220;gaslighting and complete disrespect.&#8221;  She also called on SeaWorld, who owns and operates the Sesame Place theme park, to speak up and take action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">USA TODAY reached out to Sesame Place and SeaWorld for additional comments on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In addition to what the Brown family experienced on Saturday, LaMarr said, his office \u2013 as well as Mallory&#8217;s office and the office of civil rights lawyer Ben Crump \u2013 has since received numerous reports from families who say they have experienced similar, racist incidents at the theme park over the years from various costumed characters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve come to learn that what took place Saturday is not an anomaly, but what we&#8217;ve seen is business as usual \u2013 to deny, to defend and to delay accountability,&#8221; LaMarr said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Contributing<\/em><em>: The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral video of the Rosita character at Sesame Place visibly dismissing two Black girls has sparked outrage online. The family is now calling on the theme park to fire the costumed performer, according to a press conference with their attorney held on Wednesday. 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