Daily News | Black family snubbed at Sesame Place Philadelphia calls on park owners to turn incident into ‘teachable moment’
& Entertainment, to make amends after the company issued several statements in the last week that the family suggested were insincere.
“The ball is in your corner, SeaWorld,” said Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney. “Our community is going to stand firm for our children. The question is, are you standing with us? Or are you going to stand against us? ... Let’s make this a teachable moment, Sesame Street, for American society. Now more than ever, we need it.”“We charge the community, activists, organizations, and people across this country who truly believe in liberty and justice for us all — what are you prepared to do ...
The incident became national news last weekend after an employee dressed as the Muppet Rosita was recorded appearing to refuse to high-five two 6-year-old Black girls during a parade at Sesame Place in Langhorne. Jodi Brown of New York posted the video of her daughter and niece, prompting calls to boycott Sesame Place.
Sesame Place said in a statement released after the news conference that it has offered to meet the family and their attorneys in person to apologize. The statement, released by the crisis management firm FleishmanHillard,We have offered to meet the family and their attorneys in person to personally deliver an apology and an acknowledgement that we are holding ourselves accountable for what happened,” the company said.
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