there is a noticeable difference in the way the character is posing with the white kids compared with these particular black kids... in the pics he seems to not want to touch the black kids... maybe he has a good reason... i don't know...
could be the white kids hugged the character first, and he responded to that... maybe the black kids didn't try to hug the character... that seems plausible to me...
If the costumed character WOULD HAVE touched the kids they probably would have complained about it being inapproriate.
These scumbags are looking for a payday no doubt.
It is difficult to believe that one can impart intent from a still photograph such as these.
There were three pictures I saw......a white kid, one black boy and an older teenaged black girl. The fact of the picture shows the actor touching the white boy and NOT touching the black boy and girl. That is all that I can say about that. The rest is unsubstantiated hearsay or personal account that may or may not have been scripted by the parent(s).
They were offered a ‘go away’ settlement of VIP tickets and $500. They should have taken it. I don’t really care that they think they were discriminated against...it didn’t look like it to me (from the on-site pictures) those kids were devastated.