A family attorney says he wants to talk to people who were at the park when the video was filmed, and evaluate others videos that have surfaced since. NBC News’ Isa Gutierrez reports.
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This looked to be a misunderstanding BUT that Sesame character did have some explaining to do… still why does so many think lawyers are the first recourse? $$$ is not the answer.
Wow!! sesame place are so wrong, they need more training,training huh how to treat little black girl.suit!! suit!!!
Where are the live interviews from the people wearing the costumes😑
Why are you all surprised. Levitt town is ~5 miles away. Levitt Town PA=The birthplace of redlining and covenant deeds.
I can't imagine in this day and age that someone would behave like that, especially in front of many witnesses. And the pucking news media being the way they are, they won't offer the truth for another month or so. They're going to allow the uproar to grow to a crescendo so they can milk it. People will actually be murdered by others upset over this before the various news outlets admit that there was a misunderstanding.
Go down to the kids level bet you will see them
we gotta stop supporting industries that hate us.
HAHAHAHA they even make an eww icky gesture without breaking character 🤪
The bafoonery! People are really mad about a person in a costume not saying hi to their children? What kind of rubbish is this. Is this what black folks are about in America? I hope their lawsuits fail.
Literally just seems like a mom pulling the race card to make some cash
PLEASE NOTE: ALL of these Sesame Place (Street) Characters are Fictional! At the end of the day, these "Costumes" in all their culmination of Plastics, synthetic fur, and fabric, lay motionless in storage! …Until later "Brought to life" (so to speak) by whoever becomes wearer of said Costumes, which then mimes the "Fundamental Characteristics" of the wearer INSIDE it!🤔 ..Yet the BLAME falls upon BLACK PEOPLE, who even after centuries/generations of bad-encountered from the SAME Bloodline of Haters throughout the whole time IN HISTORY, they yet insist on Inserting themselves amongst them, rather than BUILDING THEIR OWN so as to Release themselves from the Clutched of their Haters!
Even in our litigious society, there’s another, better way to handle this. How about inviting these little ones to a special luncheon with Rosita, or something similar, where a great big fuss is made over the girls, by none other than Rosita?
The black leaders has NEVER stepped up to support black kids families who were killed in our black communities. The ONLY TIMES THE BLACK LEADERS WILL COME OUT LIKE RATS AND ROACHES ARE FOR RACISM ISSUES AND COP ISSUES. OUR BLACK LEADERS NEEDS TO GO INTO THE HOOD AND TELL OUR PEOPLE TO ACT LIKE OUR BLACK LIVES MATTERS TO US. THIS YEAR MANY BLACK KIDS WERE SHOT AND KILLED….WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES FROM THE BLACK LEADERS. STOP FOCUSING ONLY ON RACISM AND COP ISSUES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES. THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES BUT THE BLACK LEADERS WILL NOT ADDRESS THEM. EVERY DAY SOMEWHERE OUR BLACK PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY OUR BLACK PEOPLE….NO OUTRAGE SUPPORT FROM THE BLACK LEADERS!!!!!!
Don't be sad there's other options like Disney land or a day out whith thomas or Lego land
Only real solution is to fire the bigoted employee and replace with a genuine employee that can love across all colors.
Racist!!!! This is so stupid!!!! First they have to confirm that the person is racist.
I’m so tired of this racist bs everyone wants to claim racism it’s all about money!!!!!!
There were plenty of kids there that didn't get personal, one on one interaction. But after seeing this, I couldn't blame any theme park for not wanting them there. This tendency to anyways go around looking to play the victim so they can sue is really getting old. If anything, I'm sorry we didn't ship them back when we had the chance.
🤣🤣🤣 wtf is this?
They should make Sesame Street pay $20,000 every black man woman and child in America
Sesame place have 'canceled' the Rosita character. 👏 👏 👏 👏 that person did those girls so wrong. Regardless of skin color, pointing to them specifically and telling them no was so wrong and just mean.
black ppl for reals
BS. All blacks want is money.
That’s not even close to racist. They didn’t even get skipped. She waved at them
Poor babies were so excited to see them too 🙁
ROSITA WOULD NEVER
Why must people make a big deal about not getting a high five from a Sesame Street character. I’ve seen those mascots skip tons of people of all colors, You can’t expect them to high five every single child at the amusement park! When I was young I was often left hanging when trying to get a high five, and so were a lot of kids. Why is it that the moment a “Black” person is skipped “On video” it’s a big deal. These people seriously need to stop playing the victim and they need to stop looking for attention. This is seriously one of the most dumbest things to sue Sesame Street workshop over.
The only thing that makes sense is what the person in costume said that he was gesturing to someone whom wanted him to pick up their child. Why would he (in front of everyone) blatantly invoke a racist gesture that means he doesn't want to hi-5 two little girls because of their skin color? It just seems a little ridiculous, unless he has an extremely low I.Q. and/or a well-documented history of racism. I do feel sorry for the 2 little girls in any case, there should be some kind of compensation in the way of free passes to some future events or something like that, for hurting their feelings, etc, even though I'm about 95% sure the whole thing was totally misunderstood.