Maybe the Sesame character was afraid of this happening (from Beverly Hills Cop 3 with Eddie Murphy dressed up as Okey Dokey).
Posted on 07/20/2022 2:14:49 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
A day after the mother of two young Black girls called out Sesame Place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for an incident over the weekend in which a character at the theme park appeared to deny and pass by her girls, an attorney for the family said the event has had a devastating effect on them.
"Their hearts were completely shattered by a character," attorney B'Ivory LaMarr told NBC10 in an interview Tuesday. "And tickets are not cheap. This is something these young girls were looking forward to. Words can't describe the type of grief they are going through right now."
In the now viral video posted Saturday on the mother’s Instagram account, two young girls are seen excitedly reaching out to the character Rosita, the first bilingual muppet on Sesame Street. Although it appears that the performer had interacted with other children before reaching the girls, the video seems to show the character shaking their head “no” in the direction of the two young Black girls.
“We were on our way out of sesame place and the kids wanted to stop to see the characters,” the mom wrote on Instagram. “THIS DISGUSTING person blatantly told our kids NO then proceeded to hug the little white girl next to us!”
In response, Sesame Place Philadelphia said in a statement on Instagram Sunday that it the performer did not direct the "no" hand gesture, which was used more than once in the video, toward “any specific person,” but was instead gesturing that way in “response to multiple requests from someone in the crowd who asked Rosita to hold their child for a photo which is not permitted.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcphiladelphia.com ...
Major eye roll.
Not that I am a fan of the practice, but COVID is still going around. Who hugs strangers these days?
and this is why the world is laughing their asses off at us..seriously hiring an attorney over being snubbed by a CARTOON CHARACTER freakin MOVE ON
Oh, FFS. I went to Disneyland once and Goofy walked right past me, didn’t say hi or anything. How much can I sue for?
Do they accept EBT payment?
What an atrocity. Only money can cure the pain.
Spare me.
Maybe the Sesame character was afraid of this happening (from Beverly Hills Cop 3 with Eddie Murphy dressed up as Okey Dokey).
“Who hugs strangers these days?”
Fags. Didnt stop them during Homo Month..
no, because they were black
Are you white?
You can sue for millions, but not if you're white. All you need is a "woke" jury, aka "OJ Jury", and you're a winner in Litigation Lotto.
Lol I’m in Hollywood and there are “costumed Mercenaries” who charge $5 on Hollywood Blvd for tourists to take pics with them.
Exaaaaaactly...
It didn’t even happen. The character actor was telling someone who wanted their child to be held, which is not allowed.
Why would Sesame Place or any character there racially discriminate?
But these frauds will get a payday.
When has a muppet facepalm ever been more appropriate?
“ They hired an ATTORNEY because a costumed character overlooked them at a theme park.
Major eye roll.”
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Dreams of winning the unjustified lawsuit lottery are dancing in their head.
These people have abused this child by setting her up over this issue.
Instead of teaching reasoning, self soothing, other points of view, resiliency and emotional intelligence; these people are teaching the child to be entitled and emotionally fragile.
All to meet parent need for payout.
Disgusting.
DHS better investigate to make sure that this little girl isn’t being sold in other ways.
The start of turning your daughter into an entitled princess.
I know it’s a long shot, but please, please, please let the employee be black.
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