Tariq Nasheed is calling out Sesame Place’s character, Rosita, for apparently ignoring Black children at Philadelphia’s Sesame Street-inspired theme park.
Tariq called out Sesame Place for allowing the character to blatantly ignore Black children.
Tariq posted two videos that seem to show the furry blue character walking past Black and brown children while stopping to engage with white kids.
“The employee who performs in the Rosita costume seems to engage in a pattern of deliberately ignoring Black children who tries to engage with the character,” he wrote in one post.
“This employee needs to be fired TODAY, unless Sesame Place condones this type of anti-Black energy.”
“@SesamePlace Black children should not be repeatedly subjected to this type of targeted neglect at your establishments. So again, your bogus statement you released give the appearance that you condone this pattern of behavior.”
Hello @SesamePlace
The employee who performs in the Rosita costume seems to engage in a pattern of deliberately ignoring Black children who tries to engage with the character. This employee needs to be fired TODAY, unless Sesame Place condones this type of anti-Black energy pic.twitter.com/PThOwsnS5F
— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) July 18, 2022
@SesamePlace here is another video with the same pattern of ignoring Black children pic.twitter.com/b8oJuhSfdS
— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) July 18, 2022
@SesamePlace Black children should not be repeatedly subjected to this type of targeted neglect at your establishments. So again, your bogus statement you released give the appearance that you condone this pattern of behavior. pic.twitter.com/EPzpGy5gT9
— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) July 18, 2022
It’s Pennsylvania aka up north/Midwest where the black population ain’t even 20%. what do y’all expect! The odds of this happening down south (where the black pop is literally 30%-43% in most southern states) is slim meaning majority of the crowd/costume people would of been blK
— Leo (@taruscarolina) July 18, 2022
