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ANOTHER mascot is accused of 'racism': Mom rushes to claim costumed worker at New Jersey Chuck E. Cheese restaurant ignored daughter's high-five attempt - weeks after furor at Sesame Street theme park in Philadelphia
Daily Mail UK ^ | August 2, 2022 | Stephen M. Lepore

Posted on 08/02/2022 4:01:17 AM PDT by Morgana

The mascot for a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in New Jersey has become the latest costumed character to be accused of racism.

The incident on July 30 occurred when Natyana Muhammad took her children to the chain's location in Wayne, New Jersey - and the employee playing Chuck E. Cheese allegedly ignored her daughter during a meet-and-greet period.

She posted a video of the encounter to Twitter which shows the employee walk past as a small child holds her hand out for a high-five. Muhammad wrote of the incident: 'My 2-year-old was racially discriminated against.'

'As you can see, he gives all of the [white] kids [high fives] and PURPOSELY ignored my black baby.'

Muhammad, who goes by Umm Safa on Twitter, claims when she confronted the person playing the musical mouse, he ignored her and the restaurant's manager, who she named as Angie Valasquez, 'made excuses for him'.

It comes after a similar incident where two other black girls from New York were apparently snubbed by Rosita at the Sesame Street theme park in Langhorne, outside Philadelphia.

But many have questioned whether the alleged acts of racism could instead be chalked up to the fact that staff members are often wearing unwieldy costumes with low visibility - therefore making them unable to see every child reaching out for attention.

This latest video shows the woman's daughter popping up and down before attempting to high five Chuck E. The character clearly high fives several other kids before walking past the young girl.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: chuckecheese; ghettolottery; mascot; newjersey
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1 posted on 08/02/2022 4:01:17 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

It could just be possible that the mascot didn’t see the little girl.


2 posted on 08/02/2022 4:02:35 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: Morgana

The perpetual victim class who, in reality, tends mostly to victimize others.


3 posted on 08/02/2022 4:05:23 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: EvilCapitalist

That is what I’m thinking. There is not great vision in those masks.


4 posted on 08/02/2022 4:05:59 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

They’re nothing without their victimhood.


5 posted on 08/02/2022 4:06:31 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Morgana

Time for kids’s birthday brawl!


6 posted on 08/02/2022 4:06:46 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Morgana

This latest video shows the woman’s daughter popping up and down before attempting to high five Chuck E. The character clearly high fives several other kids before walking past the young girl.

This is truly the most pressing problem in the world today.


7 posted on 08/02/2022 4:07:50 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: EvilCapitalist
It could just be possible that the mascot didn’t see the little girl.

Please. Chuck E. Cheese has a long history of racism and it's beyond me how this mascot can show his whiskered face in public. I'd look to settle this complaint ASAP!

8 posted on 08/02/2022 4:09:30 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Morgana

When a costume character not high fiving a child makes international news, you know the world is deranged.


9 posted on 08/02/2022 4:11:32 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Morgana

Clearly only a judgement of $25 million and a shut down of all Chuck E Cheeses across the nation will rectify this atrocity.


10 posted on 08/02/2022 4:12:07 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Going forward all costumed characters will be forbidden to interact with any child lest some greedy, aggrieved parent tries to buy an early retirement on the unintentional slight


11 posted on 08/02/2022 4:14:38 AM PDT by Josa
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To: Morgana

The world didn’t need costumed characters, anyway.


12 posted on 08/02/2022 4:26:35 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Morgana

Simple answer. No longer have mascots high five anybody. Zilch. Problem solved.

As usual, a small minority ruins it for everybody.


13 posted on 08/02/2022 4:37:28 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: Josa

By not interacting with the customer the company can still be accused of racism.

It is betrer to get rid of costumed character.


14 posted on 08/02/2022 4:38:39 AM PDT by moviefan8 (The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. - M in No Time To Die (2021))
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To: EvilCapitalist

I when to the fights the other night and A Chuckie Cheese Pizza broke out.


15 posted on 08/02/2022 4:40:26 AM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

“It could just be possible that the mascot didn’t see the little girl.”

Possibly, but it looked to me like he purposely avoided her.


16 posted on 08/02/2022 4:42:23 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: Morgana

Just think of all the things our nation could be putting their time, energy, and resources into if not for the constant siphoning of it all by ‘racism’ investigations and claims. Diversity is the gift that keeps on stealing.


17 posted on 08/02/2022 4:42:46 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Morgana

Not a lawyer here and haven’t examined all the evidence but, can we assume the employee wearing the costume was, er…NOT a person of color? I mean, this is New Jersey after all. Again, I’m no lawyer but on the surface it would appear it’s an uphill battle to prove bias with a black man. Not that logic has anything to do with it


18 posted on 08/02/2022 4:43:42 AM PDT by stormhill
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To: Autonomous User

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!


19 posted on 08/02/2022 4:45:53 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: Morgana

I don’t care. Her last name is Muhammad so she should be living in a Muslim country — not here. Plus she ends a sentence with a preposition. Whining racist bitch. Does she even get that it’s because of people like her that we hate them?


20 posted on 08/02/2022 4:52:25 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Sometimes when you get to where you're supposed to be, it's too soon.)
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