'To be very clear, what the two young girls experienced, what the family experienced, is unacceptable. It happened in our park, with our team, and we own that,' Sesame Place said in a statement Thursday night.
Jodi Brown and her attorney told CNN on Tuesday that the Sesame Place character, Rosita, was intentionally racist toward her family.The nine-second video, posted to Instagram by Brown, showed the character high-fiving a white child and woman, then gesturing"no" and walking away from the two girls who had their arms stretched out for a hug and high-five during the parade.
"You told these kids for years 'come and play, everything's OK, friendly neighbors there, that's where we meet, can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?' And once these kids figure out how to get to Sesame Street...they reach out in open arms to these friendly neighbors, for what? To be dismissed? To be rejected? And to leave your park inferior," LaMarr said.
Cydney Moore, who lives in North Carolina, saw the video after it went viral. She says the same Sesame Place character ignored her two-year-old son back on July 8.The Brown family said they showed the video to Sesame Place right after it happened, saying the character did not behave this way toward white children who were there.
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